Legal Question in Family Law in Arizona

Generally speaking, anything received for pain and suffering is your sole and separate property, and anything received for lost wages or property settlement is community property.

I agree with Monica but I will add that any reimbursement for medical bills paid by the community are also community property.

The aspect of any recovery that represents "pain and sufferring" will remain your sole and separate p[ropoerty so long as you do not place it into a joint checking account or othrwsie change its nature (and there are many ways to do so). The aspect of the recovery that represents loss wages, or reimbursement of losses, will remain community property.

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