DIVORCE AND PERSONAL INJURY SETTLEMENTS: TIMING IS EVERYTHING
PROCEEDS FROM ACCIDENT SETTLEMENTS: SEPARATE OR COMMUNITY PROPERTY? The answer to this question depends on when you were in the accident. SCENARIO 1: Bob gets in a car accident two weeks before he gets married. Bob gets a fat settlement check for $100,000 two years later, after he's been married almost two years. If Bob keeps his settlement money in a separate (not joint) account in his own name, it will be a lot easier to avoid arguments that this settlement is community pro
