Community Property Jurisdictions Arizona‚ California‚ Idaho‚ Louisiana‚ Nevada‚ New Mexico‚ Texas‚ Washington and Wisconsin Alaska Allows opt in Intro A community property state is one in which property obtained by either spouse during the marriage is treated as property equally owned by the marital unit—the “community”—regardless of which spouse “earned” that property. Other states may take an equitable view by taking into account each spouse’s contribution to property acquired during the marriage
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Constitutional Laws Constitutional law is the branch of law relates the relationship between the judiciary‚ the legislature‚ and the executive. Constitutional law is responsible for setting out the government’s general operating framework. Constitutional laws usually determine the scope of the terms contained in constitutions‚ and their applications. Constitutional laws cover various areas of law‚ such as individual rights‚ relationships between various bodies of governments‚ legislative
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342- Legal Environment of Business Paper for Thursday January 29 What is law; The Case Of The Speluncean Explorers To define law is no simple task for any one person. To fully understand law and be able to define it‚ one must understand the foundational theories of law first before being able to accurately do so. Theories such as natural law‚ positive law‚ classical formalism‚ and legal realism all apply to the definition of law and “The Case Of The Speluncean Explorers” serves as a great study
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To what extent does the law achieve justice? The literal meaning of justice is ‘the quality of being morally right and fair’ but there are various theories which can be considered and compared since they all define justice in a different way. Formal and concrete would need to be considered. Formal justice is concerned with the methods and procedures in place for decision making and allocating goods and services. It can be said that as long as procedures are fair and everyone has an equal chance
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In the article Conflicts as Property‚ written by Nils Christie‚ Christie states that conflicts in western society are the property of the involved parties and those legal conflicts have been immediately taken away from their possession (Christie‚ 1977). This is occurs when victims in criminal law lose their right to participate in their own legal issues (Christie‚ pg. 8). Christie expresses that these conflicts are eliminated from the involved parties‚ rather than being used to benefit the individuals
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addressed. Property crime is one such crime. In contrast to terrorism‚ property crime is an easier crime problem to address. The purpose of this report is to present my recommendations for a strategic plan that will
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COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION In re: BAMBI A. HERRERA-EDWARDS‚ Case No. 8:12-bk-15725-KRM Chapter 11 Debtor. / MOTION TO DETERMINE PROPERTY OF THE ESTATE DUE TO CLAIMS OF EQUITABLE ESTOPPEL‚ PROMISSORY ESTOPPEL AND RES JUDICATA Creditor‚ ERIC MOORE does hereby file this motion to determine property of the estate and alleges as follows: FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS 1. Creditor‚ Eric Moore and Debtor‚ Bambi A. Herrera-Edwards entered into a Consulting Agreement (hereafter
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Summary: In our case scenario Bart and Alan bot reside in Boring‚ Oregon. Alan is the finder of Bart’s lost item before Bart offers a reward. In Contract law a reward offer is binding. In Property law a person has a responsibility to return lost personal property to its rightful owner. Issue: Is Alan entitled to collect a reward before he returns Bart’s object? Rule: MacFarlane v. Bloch‚ 59 Ore. 1 (Or. 1911) In the above mentioned case‚ one party found a pocketbook with a value
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Real property development is one of the emerging businesses in today’s world. Condominium property or multi storey buildings are an important feature of real property development (Siniti‚ 1990). The condominium property can be defined as a form of land ownership that combines private ownership of an individual unit in a multi-unit building with an undivided share of the common property in the building and a right to participate in the collective governance of the private and common property (Kowshala
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policies within our Education programs‚ Property Taxes‚ and the reform of legal and illegal drug usage; I believe we can achieve much higher standards of living throughout thousands of communities state wide. Texas being in the bottom end
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