re: Coach O divorce

Generally speaking, in the partition of community property, the community has an interest in the earnings of the spouses DURING the community. Once the divorce is granted, the date of termination of the community is retroactive to the date the divorce was actually filed. Insofar as the money anticipated to be paid pursuant to his new contract has not yet been earned, the community has no interest in future earnings. However, any earnings of either spouse during the community is community property. If either spouse used his/her separate funds to pay for expenses of the marriage or acquire property, the spouse who used his/her separate funds would be owed reimbursement or the property could be their separate property depending on other factors.