Legal Question in Family Law in Arizona
AZ Divorce - Separating assets
My husband and I have been married
for 3 1/2 years but have lived
together for 10. We have purchased
homes, collector cars, stocks/bonds
etc. during that 10 year period as we
both worked full time. As AZ is a
community property state, am I only
entitled to request 50% of what we
accumulated during the 3 1/2 years
of marriage or am I able to ask for
financial assets accumulated over
the 10 year period we have been
together? The 401K, stocks, bonds,
etc are in accounts with only his
name as he had them automatically
withdrawn from his paycheck each
month (he makes 1/2 more than I
do and we put 1/2 of his paycheck
into our financial purchases).
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: AZ Divorce - Separating assets
The family court only has jurisdiction to divide assets that were accumulated during marriage. If you believe you have a claim to pre-marital assets, you may have to pursue that claim separately through the civil court.
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