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Rights Of Creditors To Collect Marital Debts After Divorce In Community Property Jurisdictions, James L. Musselman
Rights Of Creditors To Collect Marital Debts After Divorce In Community Property Jurisdictions, James L. Musselman
Pace Law Review
The primary thrust of this Article is to address the post-divorce liability issue outlined in Part III from the perspective of debtor-creditor law. The rules adopted in most of the community property jurisdictions with respect to this issue appear to be primarily focused on the perspective of marital property and family law without regard to general debtor-creditor law principles and policies. For example, basic fraudulent transfer law has been ignored in those jurisdictions and not applied in the usual manner. As a result, the rules developed in those jurisdictions with regard to the post-divorce liability issue are not consistent with …
An Empirical Study Of Property Divisions At Divorce, Margaret Ryznar
An Empirical Study Of Property Divisions At Divorce, Margaret Ryznar
Pace Law Review
Much has been written about family law and how to fairly divide property between divorcing spouses. Without a good understanding of what courts are doing in the field, however, there is no baseline for theoretical frameworks. This Article fills the void by analyzing all divorce cases involving children that were filed in one county over several months. The resulting empirical data has implications for the meaning of fairness in divorce, the role of judicial discretion, and the incentives for contracting by couples. This Article also examines the underlying law in order to explore the correlation between the family law code …