<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Paul--some input from a non-lawyer paralegal, without cites. I think this is the analysis:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">1. The character of property is determined at acquisition--here, it is W's separate property. Thereafter, spending community funds or labor, or even some of H's separate funds, does not convert the separate property into part community property/part separate property. It stays W's separate property. However, the community or H separately may have a claim against W's separate property for the value of contributed money or labor. This is normally called, for example, a "community lien" against W's separate property.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">2. There is another side to the analysis. The H and W community has been living in W's separate property, and should have been paying rent to W. What is the value of the community living there? How does that value compare to funds or labor paid by the community on W's separate property? Which way does the net obligation go?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Good luck!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Mark</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 8:16 AM Paul Neumiller <<a href="mailto:pneumiller@hotmail.com">pneumiller@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="gmail-m_381869716773031627MsoPlainText">Listmates (sorry for the double post): I need those fancy litigator string of cases for the following situation: Wife ("W") acquires residence prior to marriage. After marriage, W's and H's paychecks are used to pay, fix, and improve
residence and pay on a loan for the residence. H spends hours on house and yard. H pays for some payments out of his own disability checks from worker's comp. Is there any possibility that H has acquired a community property interest in the residence?
I don't need to prove the actual percentage or dollar amount at this point, just the
<i>possibility</i> of H acquiring a community property interest (or some kind in interest) in the residence. Thanks. (this is far-afield of my area and I don’t even have the proper books on where to find the answer.)<u></u><u></u></p>
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