If your marriage is likely to end up in divorce and you are worried that your spouse will conceal, transfer, destroy, or squander your community property, you may file a petition to request the court to preserve such community property by freezing, seizure, or other measures to prevent damage and loss before or when you…
Divorce Case without Marriage RegistrationThe Civil Code stipulates a formal requirement for the validity of a marriage, i.e., marriage registration. This means that a man and a woman intending to marry each other must apply to the marriage registration office of civil affair bureau in the jurisdiction where they will c…
Division of Capital Contributions in a Sole Proprietorship in a Divorce Case If community property is a sole proprietorship established with the investment of both spouses in the name of either spouse, the community property shall be divided as follows. Either spouse claims the right of operationIf either spouse claims …
Division of Capital Contributions in a Partnership in a Divorce Case If community property includes capital contribution in a partnership in the name of either spouse, and the spouses agree to transfer all or part of the capital contribution to the spouse who is not a partner, the community property shall be divided as …
Community Property Division - Loan Agreement between Spouses If husband and wife reach, during their marriage, a loan agreement the subject matter of which is an asset of their community property, and the purpose of such loan is for personal business or other personal affairs of the borrowing spouse, such a loan agreeme…
Claim for Property Division during Marriage Not SustainableExcept in a divorce case, husband or wife may not file a case for the division of their community property unless:1. the defendant conceals, transfers, sells, destroys, squanders, or otherwise cause damage to their community property, or falsifies community debt…
Claim for Division of an Estate before Completion of Succession Where community property includes a portion of an estate, either real asset or personal asset, that either man or wife is entitled to succeed to during their marriage, but division of such estate has not been completed, the claim for dividing the portion to…
Claim for Damages between Spouses In a divorce case, the innocent spouse may claim damages against the other spouse if the claim for divorce is based on the other spouse's bigamy, cohabitation with a third person in the name of husband and wife, domestic violence, maltreatment or desertion of family members, or any …
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