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bloodbath
My question involves a marriage in the state of: North Carolina and Texas
Unfortunately, I recently got word that my parents are separating (after 35 years together). One of the things I thought of, though, is that, if this leads to divorce, there's the issue of division of assets and question that I thought of.
Until very recently, due to my father being in the US military until last January, his legal state of domicile was Texas, a community property state, as was my mother's. Most of the assets they acquired during that time was while both my mother and my father were resident in Texas, including, most relevant to me, some savings bonds and my bank accounts which also have my mother's name on them because the majority of these assets were obtained and opened when I was a minor, and I've kept her name on the account due to going to school out-of-state (currently, I'm in Ohio) so that someone can more easily deal with the bank in case issues arise. In the case of my savings account, it's a "beneficiary account" where it's titled "John Doe by Jane Doe", but my mother and I are equal owners of my checking account.
However, all of the joint assets I have are held in North Carolina, which does not have a community property regime, and I have been domiciled in North Carolina since 2008 (i.e. longer than my parents have been).
I might be making this out to be more complicated than it probably is, but the question boils down to this: would my father have any legal interest/title to the assets I have jointly with my mother, and, if so, how would division of property due to separation/divorce affect those assets?