A husband is survived by his wife and their two daughters. The couple's community property is worth $50,000, but the husband also has left separate real property worth $150,000. Because the husband died suddenly without leaving a will, the wife most likely will receive through the courts of decent and distribution
A) sole ownership of the community property, and her daughters each receive $75,000 from the husband's separate property.
B) sole ownership of all of the property.
C) sole ownership of the community property and one-third in her husband's separate property.
D) one-half of the entire estate or $25,000 from the community property and $75,000 from the husband's separate property, while her daughters each receive one-half of the balance of the entire estate, or $50,000.
Answer: C) sole ownership of the community property and one-third in her husband's separate property.
Presuming all surviving children are children of the surviving spouse, the community property estate of the deceased spouse passes to the surviving spouse. The surviving spouse will also take one-third of the separate property with the balance distributed equally to the surviving children.
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