Marital property is divided in a divorce
based on what courts um will order
separate or community. Separate property
is property that is acquired prior to
marriage or after the date of separation
or property acquired by gift or
inheritance. That’s your separate
property. Courts consider community
property property that was acquired
during the marriage um with community um
assets. For example, if your income um
is used to purchase homes, that’s
considered community property. So,
whatever is acquired during the marriage
um by community property, that is what
the courts consider community property.
And I know that sounds a little weird,
but a lot of times people think that
just because a bank account has their
name on it, that’s their separate
property. However, if you’ve received a
bonus during the marriage and you put it
in that bank account, that is your you
think is your own bank account, that’s
community property and the courts will
divide it.