Community and Marital Property

Generally, the community property or marital property system divides all property acquired during the marriage equally between the spouses.

However, the community property laws of each state following the system are different and the value of the estate that is considered community property will also vary.

The states which currently have some form of community property law are Alaska, New Mexico, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin.

Not all of these states' Intestacy Calculators include community or marital property divisions, due to the simplicity of most divisions.  Such as Arizona, in which the spouse either receives all community property or one-half of the community, depending upon whether he or she is the parent of all the deceased spouse's children.

See: Community Property vs. Separate Property