Difference between revisions of "Basic Principles of Property and Debt in Family Law"

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To summarize, when a marriage breaks down, the spouses are presumed to own all family assets equally, no matter whose name the asset is in or whether the asset was brought into the marriage by one spouse or bought during the marriage.
To summarize, when a marriage breaks down, the spouses are presumed to own all family assets equally, no matter whose name the asset is in or whether the asset was brought into the marriage by one spouse or bought during the marriage.


This presumption, however, only applies between spouses. As far as the rest of the world was concerned, the only owner of an asset is the persion with legal title to the asset, which might be:
This presumption, however, only applies between spouses. As far as the rest of the world was concerned, the only owner of an asset is the person with legal title to the asset, which might be:


*one of the spouses,  
*one of the spouses,  
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