What's in a property division answer
Each state page explains which system that state uses, the standard a court applies to the split, what counts as marital versus separate property, and how the home and retirement accounts are treated, then lets you run your own numbers. Every legal figure is tied to a cited source; see our methodology for how we verify each one.
Community property or equitable distribution
Nine states follow community property rules, according to the IRS (Publication 555): Arizona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin. The other 42 jurisdictions do not appear on that list, and each state page says which division standard that state applies. The standard the court uses, what counts as separate property and how commingled funds are treated are set by each state's own law.
Where a state's law fixes an equal division, the calculator applies it. Where the law only lists factors and leaves the split to the court, the calculator lets you set the percentage yourself and shows the factors, rather than presenting a guess as the law.