Business Transactions

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In connection with your estate plan, Catherine can also help you with your family business organizations and transactions. Among the types of transactions include preparing and analyzing business contracts, partnership agreements and other operating agreements, real property sales and transfers.
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Community Property Versus Separate Property

Marital Property Issues primarily covers divorce and pre-marital agreements. California is one of eleven states that can make the division of assets a complex process. There are two categories that you should be aware of: Community property and separate property. California law defines community property as any asset acquired or income earned by a married person during the marriage. Separate property is defined as anything acquired by a spouse before the marriage, during the marriage by gift, devise, or bequest, and after the parties separate. The law requires that the community estate be divided equally if there is no written agreement requiring a particular division of property. This means that from the total fair market value of the community assets, the joint obligations of the parties are subtracted, yielding the net community estate. 

Helping You Divide Your Assets

Clients usually have questions regarding the division of pensions, retirement, profit sharing, and privately held businesses. It is not at all unusual for our clients and to have an interest in marital property issues, particularly in the context of their own estate planning. 
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