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Nevada Marital Property Laws<\/h1>\n
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Nevada is one of nine community property states. In these states, all property acquired during a marriage becomes the property of both spouses. During a divorce or legal separation, property division is 50\/50. This type of property division is simpler than in equitable distribution states, where judges divide property according to a list of statutory factors.<\/p>\r\n

Nevada community property laws make it easy for spouses to create their own prenuptial or postnuptial agreements if they want to protect their personal property during a divorce. Other states have their own definitions<\/a> of personal and marital property.<\/p>\r\n

Nevada courts may consider an unequal division of property if a prenuptial agreement states it should be or if circumstances require a different division. (NRS \u00a7 123.230<\/a>)<\/p>\r\n

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Marital Property vs. Separate Property<\/b><\/h2>\r\n

In Nevada, marital property<\/b> is all property acquired during the marriage by either spouse. Both spouses have property rights to marital property during a divorce. It doesn\u2019t matter which spouse’s name is on the asset’s title if the couple used community funds to purchase or improve the property.<\/p>\r\n

Marital property can include:<\/p>\r\n