My question involves a marriage in the state of: California
1 Spouse always lived in noncommunity property state, before and during marriage (IN)
1 spouse always lived in community property state, before and during marriage (CA)
Each spouse entered into a home mortgage prior to marriage (1 IN property, 1 CA property) with only their single respective name on Deed, and made mortgage payments from their respective salaries during the marriage.
No joint bank accounts.
Never domiciled together during the marriage.
the spouse living in the comm prop states earns more than the other spouse.
no children involved.
Do community property rules apply if the spouses have never lived together, and therefore clearly did not support the others lifestyle?
Is it better for the higher earning spouse in comm prop state to try to get the noncommunity property spouse to file for divorce in IN?
thank you for your advice.

