Community property it’s everything that you and/or your spouse acquired during the marriage, with the following exceptions:

  • Property given to one of you as a gift;
  • Property acquired by one of you as an inheritance;
  • Property acquired by one of you as a personal injury award.

Separate property is everything that each of you had prior to marriage. It also includes the following items:

  • Property given to one of you as a gift;
  • Property acquired by one of you as an inheritance;
  • Property acquired by one of you as a personal injury award.