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9 pages in length. Jake Grabel moved in with his ex-wife, Betsy, while he was still married to his second wife, Laverne. Soon the relationship between Jake and Betsy soured, and Jake decided to go back to live with Laverne. In the interim, Betsy sold many of Jake's belongings, claiming that she is entitled to half of the property he acquired during the two years of time she and Jake were living together. Jake sued for the return of the property, which consisted of a 1987 Jaguar, 3 compact disc players, a diamond ring, a hot tub and a snowmobile. Jake lost the trial court action. The following appellate brief was submitted shortly thereafter. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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the worse and finally soured, leaving Jake to decide to go back to live with Laverne. In the interim, Betsy sold many of Jakes belongings, claiming that she is
entitled to half of the property he acquired during the two years of time she and Jake were living together. Jake sued for the return of the property, which
consisted of a 1987 Jaguar, three compact disc players, a diamond ring, a hot tub and a snowmobile. Jake lost the trial court action. The following appellate brief
was submitted shortly thereafter in defense of Jakes position. The issue at hand is whether or not Jake is entitled to the return of the property or, if that is
not either reasonable or feasible, half the money acquired from the sale of these items. Being that Arizona is a community property state, Betsy is bound by the laws
of that state with regard to the property that was a) Jakes prior to marriage and b) theirs together during marriage. Community property, which also goes by the phrase
marital property, speaks of the items acquired throughout the marriage; as such, it is crucial to the outcome of this case that the court is fully cognizant of when each
of the items in question was purchased. Also of significant concern is the fact that when Jake left Betsy to take up residence once again with Laverne, he moved
out of state to do so; by law, because Jake and Betsy lived as a married couple in a community property state, this status is not relinquished when one or
both of the partners moves into another state, even if that state is not bound by community property laws. In other words, that Betsy is still in Arizona while
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