California Designation of Separate Property and Release of Marital Property Rights Regarding Certain Real Property - Free Trader Agreement as to Certain Real Property

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A free trader agreement is often used between spouses when one spouse wants to purchase property without putting their spouse on the deed. It is also used to ensure that the spouse does not obtain an interest in the property. The spouses typically agree that neither will create any obligation in the name of or against the other, nor secure or attempt to secure any credit upon or in connection with the other, or in his or her name. This form only deals with a particular piece of real property.


This form is a generic example that may be referred to when preparing such a form for your particular state. It is for illustrative purposes only. Local laws should be consulted to determine any specific requirements for such a form in a particular jurisdiction.

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Separate property is property you owned before marriage including any inheritances or gifts you received during the marriage. Separate property is not subject to distribution in divorce, however, the appreciation of separate property which occurs during the marriage is considered community property.

The manner in which title is held in Texas does not determine ownership. Separate property can also be transformed into community property under much simpler circumstances. If you add your spouse's name to the title of an asset after you marry them, it becomes community property.

Marital assets are property that you earn, purchase or otherwise acquire during the marriage. A separate asset can become marital property if you mix it existing marital assets or otherwise use it for the benefit of the household.

In review, separate property becomes community property through two common scenarios: commingling and transmutation. If you are concerned about keeping property legally separate, be sure to avoid unintentional commingling, and certainly avoid transmutation.

Under the divorce rules in California, spouses can divide assets by assigning certain items to each spouse, by allowing one spouse to "buy out" the other's share of an asset, or by selling assets and dividing the proceeds. They can also agree to hold property together even after the divorce.

To alter the character of a property, the California Family Code requires that a community property transmutation agreement be enacted in writing and signed by both spouses.

Wives: A wife is entitled to an equal share of her husband's property like other entitled heirs. If there are no sharers, she has full right to the entire property. A married Hindu woman is the sole owner and manager of her assets whether earned, inherited or gifted.

At the time of divorce, a woman can claim in court for her rights and contribution to the property. If the property is exclusively in the husband's name in such a situation, women can not acquire the share from the property until she proves her share she has given at the time of purchase of the property.

Under New York State law, generally speaking, separate property is defined as property acquired by an individual prior to marriage, and marital property", in the absence of a prenuptial agreement, is defined as property acquired by one or both spouses during the marriage, irrespective of whose name the asset is in.

If a person is married without a prenuptial agreement, the person can prepare a postnuptial agreement clearly distinguishing personal property from marital property. Another way to keep personal property separate is by creating a trust or by keeping personal property solely in one spouse's name.

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California Designation of Separate Property and Release of Marital Property Rights Regarding Certain Real Property - Free Trader Agreement as to Certain Real Property