If you live in a community property state, it is critical that separate property assets be titled and handled correctly or you risk losing rightful ownership via divorce.

One of the most important decisions you’ll make before getting married is choosing a matrimonial property regime. Your choice of a marriage contract can have far-reaching financial consequences, so it ...

MP McQueen is a veteran journalist who has covered national and metro news, and has written and edited articles for legal and financial publications. Erika Rasure is globally-recognized as a leading ...

In a community property state, the community assets and income of the non-debtor spouse can be liable for the judgments of the debtor spouse. This liability continues during the length of the marriage ...

Marriage is more than just romance. After the honeymoon, new couples face serious financial realities. Amy Schubert, a senior ...

Trusts are a cornerstone of estate planning, offering a versatile means of managing and transferring wealth across generations. For married couples, trusts provide a way to gift assets to their ...

Once married, spouses acquire a number of rights in and to the estate of the other spouse. Marital estate rights create the potential for catastrophic consequences should a spouse pass away at a time ...

According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), divorces and annulments were provisionally counted in the United States at 672,502 for the year 2023, which translates ...

As more couples switch to cohabiting before marriage, or choose not to marry at all, the decision about how to divide property becomes a thorny one — and even one that can end a relationship. How do ...