Jacobs v. Jacobs’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “The money was originally community funds earned during the marriage of Caroline and Edward Jacobs, and later placed in a joint account. Plaintiffs contend that when the community funds were placed in the joint account they lost their community character and that real property purchased from the joint account by either became the sole and separate property of the one taking it in his own name. Defendants take the position that community funds placed in a joint account for the convenience of the husband and wife do not lose their community property character unless the result is clearly intended, citing In re Baldwin’s Estate, 50 Ariz. 265 , 71 P. 2d 791 (1937); Evans v. Evans, 79 Ariz. 284 , 288 P. 2d 775 (1955), as authority. The evidence is clear that Arthur Jacobs purchased the land with funds earned by Edward Jacobs during his marriage to Caroline Jacobs. Edward testified that he intended to hold the land as community property, and that he considered the funds in the joint account as community funds. Property acquired subsequent to marriage, except through gift, devise or descent, is presumed to be community property unless shown to be otherwise by clear and satisfactory evidence. Evans v. Evans, supra; A.R.S. § 25-211.”

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