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us-gu · Through P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)

21 GCA § 43405: Reconciliation of Parties: Transformation of Married Person's Separate Homestead Into Joint Protection Homestead: Reduction of Exemption.

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  1. Title 21: Real Property
  2. Division 1 - Ownership of Real or Immovable Property
  3. Chapter 43: Homesteads
  4. ARTICLE 4: MARRIED PERSON’S SEPARATE HOMESTEAD

When a homestead has been declared under § 43401 by a married person following the entry of an interlocutory judgment of dissolution of a marriage upon property awarded to such person by such judgment, a subsequent reconciliation of the parties when evidenced by a dismissal of such dissolution action executed by both parties or their attorneys of record shall transform such homestead into a joint protection homestead, which shall thereafter have the force and effect of a homestead selected under this Chapter. If each such married person has selected a homestead under this Article, and such a dismissal has been filed after reconciliation, one of the homesteads must be abandoned or the exemption under each shall be reduced by one-half (2).

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