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Family

Apr. 10, 2002

Reimbursement Is Required for Separate Property Improvement

Focus Column - By Mitchell A. Jacobs and David L. Marcus - In two recent and very similar cases, the courts appear to have changed the law with respect to certain reimbursement issues. In In re Marriage of Wolfe, 91 Cal.App.4th 962 (3rd Dist. 2001), and In re Marriage of Allen, 116 Cal.Rptr. 887 (2nd Dist. 2002), the courts held that the community should be reimbursed for capital improvements to a spouse's separate property.

        Focus Column
        
        By Mitchell A. Jacobs and David L. Marcus
        
        In two recent and very similar cases, the courts appear to have changed the law with respect to certain reimbursement issues. In In re Marriag...

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