Editing Community property (section)

==Variations==
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* Community of Acquests and Gains:  Each spouse owns an undivided half-interest in all property acquired during the marriage, except for property acquired by gift or inheritance during the marriage, which is separate property; or which traces to separate property acquired before the marriage, which remains separate property; or which is acquired during a period when the couple are permanently living separately and apart (e.g., legal separation, actual, or ''de facto''), which is also separate property.  This genre of community property is also called "ganancial community property." (Fr ''[[:fr:communauté réduite aux acquêts|communauté réduite aux acquêts]]'', Sp ''[[:es:sociedad de gananciales|sociedad de gananciales]]'', Du ''gemeenschap van aanwinst van goederen'', ''gemeenschap van vruchten en inkomsten'', Ger ''[[:de:Errungenschaftsgemeinschaft|Errungenschaftsgemeinschaft]]'', It ''[[:it:Comunione dei beni|comunione degli acquisti]]'')
* Community of Profit and Loss:  similar to above but liabilities ("losses") are separate property. (Du ''gemeenschap van winst en verlies'', Afrik ''gemeenskap van wins en verlies'')
* Community of Personal and Marital Property:  Community property consists of all property, personalty and realty, acquired during the marriage; and all personalty acquired before the marriage. Realty acquired before marriage is separate property.  (Fr ''[[:fr:communauté de meubles et acquêts|communauté de meubles et acquêts]]'', Du ''gemeenschap van inboedel'', Ger ''[[:de:Fahrnisgemeinschaft|Fahrnisgemeinschaft]]'').
* Limited Community Property:  Similar to community of acquests and gains but certain marital property is separate property. (Fr ''communauté de biens limitée'', Du ''beperkte gemeenschap van goederen'', Swiss Ger ''Ausschlussgemeinschaft'')
* Universal or Absolute Community Property: All pre-marital and marital property is community property. However, if there are children from a prior marriage, the property associated with that marital community may be segregated from the community property of a subsequent marriage, to ensure the children of the prior spouse have an inheritance.  (Fr ''[[:fr:communauté universelle|communauté universelle]]'', Sp ''comunidad absoluta de bienes'', Du ''algehele gemeenschap van goederen'', Ger ''[[:de:Gütergemeinschaft (Ehe)|allgemeine Gütergemeinschaft]]'', It ''comunione universale dei beni'')