Basic Definitions

Question 1

Community Property

Answer 1

All property acquired during the course of marriage is presumed to be community property

Question 2

Separate Property

Answer 2

All property acquired before marriage or after permanent separation is presumed to be separate property. In addition, any property acquired by gift, will, or inheritance is presumed to be SP

Question 3

Quasi-Community Property

Answer 3

QCP is acquired by either spouse that would have been CP had the spouse been domiciled in CA at the time of acquisition.

Question 4

Quasi-Marital Property

Answer 4

Property acquired by a couple where at least one of them has a good faith belief that they are lawfully married, but in fact they are not lawfully married; as a consequence, their acquisitions cannot be considered community property because they are not validly married, but their acquisitions are treated the same as community property for purposes of death and divorce