Under California’s community property laws, any interest or income accumulated in a 401(k), pension, military pension plan, or profit-sharing plan during the marriage is community property.
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What is considered community income in California?
Under California’s community property laws, any interest or income accumulated in a 401(k), pension, military pension plan, or profit-sharing plan during the marriage is community property.
Would a live in partner have rights to my property?
Both married partners have a right to remain in the matrimonial home, regardless of who bought it or has a mortgage on it. This is known as home rights. You will have the right to stay in the home until a court has ordered otherwise, for example, in the course of a separation or divorce settlement.
What is the legal date of separation in California?
This new law adds Section 70 to the Family Code, which, effective January 1, 2017, defined “date of separation” as “a complete and final break in the marital relationship . . ., as evidenced by both of the following: (1) The spouse has expressed to the other spouse his or her intent to end the marriage.
Is selling drugs a felony in California?
Simple possession of meth has been downgraded to a misdemeanor under Proposition 47, but any attempt to distribute, manufacture, or sell it is a felony offense, often ineligible for drug diversion programs.
What if drugs were legal?
Drugs would become much cheaper-at least one-fifth the cost. Then five times as many people could and would buy them. We would then have five times as many addicts. This means instead of only 100,000 addicted babies being born to addicted mothers each year, we would have half a million.
Is California a common law property state?
Along with nine other states, California is a community property state. Spouses are entitled to one-half of the marital assets when they split up. With a few exceptions, the property (and debts) you obtain while you’re married belong to both spouses equally.
What is a domestic partnership in California?
A California domestic partnership is a legal relationship, analogous to marriage, created in 1999 to extend the rights and benefits of marriage to same-sex couples (and opposite-sex couples where both parties were over 62).
What does it mean when a drug is decriminalized?
One means to reduce the number of people swept into the criminal justice system (or deported) for drug law violations is to decriminalize drug use and possession. Decriminalization is the removal of criminal penalties for drug law violations (usually possession for personal use).
What are the CONs of decriminalizing drugs?
Cons of Decriminalization
- Individuals with a biological predisposition toward addiction may be more likely to experiment with drugs if they do not fear legal prosecution.
- The existing treatment resources are not nearly large enough to handle the influx of millions of new addicts from the legal system.