CLE on Marital Property in Community Property States

June 1, 2011

The Real Property, Trust, and Estate Law section of the American Bar Association is sponsoring a 90-minute teleconference and live audio webcast on June 7 entitled His, Her or Their Property: A Primer on Marital Property Law in the Community Property States. The program description is below:

During this presentation the panelists will provide a basic overview of the marital property laws of the community property states. They will examine the fundamental differences that exist between common law states and community property states including:

The principles that the community property states share;
The areas of law where the community property states differ;
Key transfer and income tax consequences applicable to community property ownership;
How the source of funds impacts whether property is community property.
They will also identify and address some of the questions an estate planning lawyer in a common law state may ask about community property.

OUR EXPERTS

Karen Boxx, University of Washington School of Law, Seattle, WA
Thomas M. Featherston, Jr., Baylor Law School,Waco, TX

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