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Washington Community Property Deskbook

Publication Year: 4th ed. 2014   Publication Type: Deskbook

Description:

The one-volume indispensable reference on community property law in Washington covers all substantive developments in Washington community property law – including registered domestic partnerships, same-sex marriage, and the law of committed intimate relationships – through the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2013 decision on Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

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Authors:
Tom Andrews, Karen Boxx, Professor, Ann Murphy

Table of Contents:

	Title
	Preface
	About The Editors
	Chapter 1 Introduction
	Chapter 2 The Necessary Relationship   §2.1 Creation of the Necessary Relationship   §2.2 Persons Who May Marry   §2.3 Persons Who May Enter Into Registered Domestic Partnerships   §2.4 Property Rights and Duties Created by Marriage and Registered Domestic Partnerships   §2.5 Presumption of Marriage   §2.6 Choice of Law §2.7 Unmarried and Unregistered Cohabitants-Equitable Division §2.8 Unmarried and Unregistered Cohabitants-Alternate Property Division Theories
	Chapter 3 Character of Ownership of Property §3.1 General Considerations: Statutory Framework §3.2 Particular Assets §3.3 Tracing and Commingling; Earnings and Business Profits §3.4 Right of Reimbursement: The Equitable Lien   §3.5 Effect of Out-of-State Factors
	Chapter 4 Management and Voluntary Disposition   §4.1 General: Joinder Requirements   §4.2 Nature of Interests of Spouses in Community Property   §4.3 Statutory Management Scheme   §4.4 Standards of Management   §4.5 Identity of Property as Personalty or Realty   §4.6 Management and Disposition of Community Personalty   §4.7 Management and Disposition of Community Realty   §4.8 Spousal Management of Credit-Contractual Obligations   §4.9 Management of Litigation   §4.10 Management of Separate Realty §4.11 Management After Death of a Spouse; Testamentary Powers   §4.12 Intestate Succession   §4.13 Decedent's Estate Administration   §4.14 Survival of Actions   §4.15 Homestead and Family Allowance Awards §4.16 Valuation of Assets   §4.17 Community Property Agreements §4.18 Nonprobate Assets   §4.19 Simultaneous Death   §4.20 Separate Property and Quasi-Community Property
	Chapter 5 Transactions and Agreements Between Married Persons, Registered Domestic Partners, and Committed Intimate Partners §5.1 Agreements as to the Character of Property   §5.2 Transfers of Presently Owned Interests   §5.3 Agreements Affecting Future Acquisitions   §5.4 Donative Acquisitions and Gifts   §5.5 Joint Tenancies and Tenancies in Common §5.6 Suspension and Dissolution of the Marriage or theRegistered Domestic Partnership by the Parties
	Chapter 6 Involuntary Disposition-Creditors' Rights §6.1 Community Litigation §6.2 Contractual Liability and Other Nontort Obligations §6.3 Tort Liability   §6.4 Antenuptial Obligations §6.5 Enforcement of Judgments   §6.6 Committed Intimate Relationships
	Chapter 7 Taxation   §7.1 Effect of State Law on Federal Tax Consequences §7.2 Federal Income Taxation §7.3 Federal Estate Taxes §7.4 Federal Gift Taxes §7.5 Miscellaneous
	Chapter 8 The Transitory Community and Conflict of Laws   §8.1 Introduction   §8.2 Basic Conflict Rules for Characterizing Marital Property   §8.3 Community Property Owned by, and Community Property Agreements Entered Into by, Nonresident Couples   §8.4 Community Property Brought From Another Community Property State to Washington   §8.5 Non-Community Property Brought Into Washington; Quasi- Community Property   §8.6 Preservation of Community Property Brought to Another   §8.7 Indian Law   §8.8 Conclusion   Appendix: Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act
	Table of Statutes
	Selected Statutes
	Table of Cases
	References
	Subject Index