Casebook on Community Property

Grace Ganz Blumberg (Distinguished Professor of Law Emerita, University of California at Los Angeles) recently published a casebook entitled, Community Property in California (6th ed. 2012). Provided below is description of the casebook provided by the publisher, Wolters Kluwer:

Grace Ganz Blumberg is a recognized expert on community property and family law issues in California. Her comprehensive casebook prepares students for the California bar examination and equips them for California practice in the areas of divorce, decedents’ estates, and debtor-creditor law. Community Property in California carefully balances cases, notes, and other materials for student comprehension. Comparative text puts the law into context and includes references to the uniform Marital Property Act, with comparisons between it and other jurisdictions.

The Sixth Edition includes a full discussion of recent statutory and case development in California community property law.

• Hallmark features of Community Property in California:
• Authorship—a recognized expert on community property and family law
• Comprehensive preparation for California bar examination
• Equips students for California practice
  • divorce
  • decedents’ estates
  • debtor-creditor law
• Balanced presentation
  • approachable combination of cases, notes, and materials
• Comparative material
  • puts law into context
  • includes references to the uniform Marital Property Act
  • compares to other jurisdictions
• Thoroughly updated, the revised Sixth Edition presents:
  • Recent statutory and case development in California community property law