• Only nine states have community-property systems: Arizona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin. See marital property under PROPERTY; TITLE DIVISION. Cf. COMMUNITY ESTATE; SEPARATE PROPERTY. [Cases: Husband and Wife 246–276(9).]
community property
Assets owned in common by husband and wife as a result of its having been acquired during the marriage by means other than an inheritance or a gift to one spouse, each spouse generally holding a one-half interest in the property.