Family
Jan. 15, 2003
Formula Applies to Community Expenditures for Improvements
Focus Column - Family Law - By Harold J. Cohn and Pamela Wax-Semus - How does the community get compensated for funds expended for the benefit of separate premarital real property? When community property is used to reduce the principal balance of a mortgage on one spouse's separate property, the community acquires a "pro tanto" (Latin for "so much") interest in the property. In re Marriage of Moore , 28 Cal.3d 336 (1980); In re Marriage of Marsden , 130 Cal.App.3d 426 (1982).
Family Law
By Harold J. Cohn and Pamela Wax-Semus
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