Community Property

A wry legal satire in which a terrestrial divorce lawyer confronts unexpected complications after laws extend citizenship to alien residents. As community-property rules collide with non-terrestrial marital customs, including multi-sex partnerships, the narrator navigates a series of bizarre, precedent-setting cases, professional rivalries, and personal irritations while trying to apply familiar statutes to unfamiliar lives. The narrative mixes courtroom maneuvering, bureaucratic absurdity, and social commentary on political change, highlighting how legal frameworks strain under cultural diversity and technological expansion. The protagonist's practical efforts to adapt the law illuminate both the humor and the human costs of legislative decisions.