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Community Property in California

Front Cover - Community Property in California

Sixth Edition

Grace Ganz Blumberg, UCLA

2012. 840 pages. ISBN: 978-1-4548-1002-5

With Teacher's Manual

About the Book

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
    o divorce
    o decedents’ estates
    o debtor-creditor law
  • Balanced presentation
    o approachable combination of cases, notes, and materials  
  • Comparative material
    o puts law into context
    o includes references to the uniform Marital Property Act
    o compares to other jurisdictions


Thoroughly updated, the revised Sixth Edition presents:

  • Recent statutory and case development in California community property law