§ 750 Spousal Property Ownership Forms

• •Married couples can own things together in different ways.
• •They can share property equally, or one can own more than the other.
• •If one spouse dies, the other might automatically get their share, depending on how they own it.

A husband and wife buy a house together.

If they own it as 'community property with right of survivorship,' and the husband dies, the wife automatically gets the whole house without needing a will.