CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Family Residence/Real Property
......Improvements
.........Improve C/P With S/P
............Post-1/1/84
4 Cards On This Topic:

Party who uses s/p to improve c/p asset after 1/1/84 entitled to reimbursement absent written agreement to contrary.

Reimbursement for improvements to c/p limited to increase in value of asset.

H failed to establish how his postseparation efforts generated s/p interest in house built after separation with c/p funds.

H failed to produce sufficient evidence, either by direct tracing or recapitulation, to show improvements to family residence made with his s/p funds.