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Family

Mar. 23, 2000

Knocking at Debts

By Fred Silberberg Most California law students learn that, if a lender looks to community property in extending credit, that is one factor in determining a community obligation, for which the spouses are equally liable. Moreover, everyone understands that a liability incurred during the course of a marriage is, but for a written agreement to the contrary, a community obligation for which both spouses are equally liable.

By Fred Silberberg
        Most California law students learn that, if a lender looks to community property in extending credit, that is one factor in determining a community obligation, for which the spouses are equally liable. Moreover, everyone understands that a liability incurred during the course of a marriage is, but for a written agreement to the contrary, a community obligation ...

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