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Distribution Type
Community Property
Division Standard
Equitable — judge decides
Income Adjustment
None

Methodology

Community property — equitable division

Arizona is a community property state, but its division command is equitable, not equal: A.R.S. §25-318(A) directs courts to divide community property “equitably, though not necessarily in kind, without regard to marital misconduct.” §25-211 classifies property acquired during marriage as community property. The statute enumerates no factor list, though it addresses debt division, excessive or abnormal expenditures, concealment or fraudulent disposition of community assets, and damages from certain criminal conduct. In practice divisions come out substantially equal under Arizona case law, but the statute contains no 50/50 mandate.

Division Factors

The following factors are commonly evaluated under Arizona law:

  1. Property acquired by either spouse during the marriage — other than by gift, devise, or descent — is community property (§25-211)
  2. The court divides community, joint tenancy, and other property held in common equitably, though not necessarily in kind, without regard to marital misconduct (§25-318(A))
  3. The court may consider all debts and obligations related to the property and may divide them equitably (§25-318(B))
  4. Excessive or abnormal expenditures, destruction, concealment, or fraudulent disposition of community or common property may be weighed (§25-318(C))
  5. Damages from criminal conduct by one spouse against the other spouse or a child may be recovered from that spouse's share (§25-318(C))
  6. Community property omitted from the decree is held by the parties as tenants in common (§25-318(D))

Statute / Authority

Citation: Ariz. Rev. Stat. §§25-211, 25-318 ↗

Source: https://www.azleg.gov/ars/25/00318.htm

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Ariz. Rev. Stat. §§25-211, 25-318
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Arizona Community Property

Arizona is a community property state governed by A.R.S. §25-211 (classification) and §25-318 (division). Property acquired during the marriage is presumed community property. At divorce, §25-318(A) requires an equitable — not necessarily equal — division of the community estate, made without regard to marital misconduct; Arizona case law generally produces substantially equal divisions. Separate property, owned before marriage or received by gift or inheritance, remains with its owner. The statute also addresses division of debts, concealment or waste of community assets, and property omitted from the decree.

Citation: Ariz. Rev. Stat. §§25-211, 25-318

Source: https://www.azleg.gov/ars/25/00318.htm

Last updated: 2026-07-23T00:37:19.608555

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