Community property is all property acquired during the marriage. Absent a compelling reason, all community property will be divided evenly in a divorce. The name on the title or the account does not make the property separate. Nevada ends community property when the final Divorce Decree is filed. A physical separation is not a divorce.
Mr. Jones was in court today. He was not happy to hear the judge’s preliminary thoughts at today’s hearing. His wife, who he has not lived with for 22 years, would likely be entitled to half his retirement and half the equity in his home. “How is she entitled to half of the things I earned during our separation!?”
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