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Community Property Considerations In Ohio Estate Planning: Expecting The Unexpected, Frank J. Cumberland Jr.

Cleveland State Law Review

For the lawyer in the community property state, the laws peculiar to community property are familiar ground, having in all probability made up at least a part of the law school curriculum. For the lawyer in the common law state, community property laws are generally something to be read about in the newspaper when the husband or wife of a movie star lands a huge divorce settlement due to the operation of the community property laws in California. But it is quite realistic to state that whether the attorneys in the common law states know it or not, they are …