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Management and Control of Personal Property

Learn the scope of each spouse’s right to manage and control community personal property, including the right to transfer property to third parties.

Transcript

The characterization of property as either separate or community is most often discussed in the end-of-marriage context. But characterization also impacts each spouse’s right to manage and control property during marriage. If property is one spouse’s separate property, then the other spouse has no right to manage or control the property. But if property is community property, then spouses share rights to manage and control the property during marriage. In this video, we’ll focus on the...

Lessons

1. Welcome to California Community Property
  • Welcome to California Community Property
2. Property in the Marriage Context
  • Creation of the Marital Economic Community
  • Community Property Versus Separate Property
  • The Characterization Process
3. Characterizing Property
  • Work-Related Compensation
  • Business Interests
  • Other Personal Property
  • The Marital Home
  • Title Forms for Real Property
4. Management, Control, and Liability
  • Management and Control of Personal Property
  • Management and Control of Real Property
  • Fiduciary Duties
  • Liability for Debts
5. Modifying Rules by Agreement
  • Premarital Agreements
  • Defenses to Premarital Agreements
  • Transmutation Agreements
6. Distribution on Dissolution or Death
  • The Dissolution Process
  • The Impact of Separation
  • The Distribution of Assets and Debts on Dissolution
  • Spousal and Child Support
  • The Distribution of Assets and Debts on Death
7. Nonmarital Relationships Affecting Property
  • Registered Domestic Partnerships
  • Void and Voidable Marriages
  • Marvin Relationships