Editing Division of property (section)

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'''Division of property''', also known as '''equitable distribution''', is a division of property and debt between spouses when the marital relationship is ending.  It may be done by agreement, through a '''property settlement''', or by judicial decree.

Distribution of property is the division, due to a death or the [[dissolution (law)|dissolution]] of a marriage, of [[property]] which was owned by the deceased, or acquired during the course of the [[marriage]].