CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Family Residence/Real Property
......Improvements
.........Improve S/P With C/P
............Pro Tanto Interest
2 Cards On This Topic:

C/p entitled to either reimbursement or pro tanto interest in s/p improved with c/p funds, depending upon whether improvements increased property’s equity value.

W's consent to use of c/p funds to improve H's separate real property does not raise presumption that funds were a gift to H—community entitled to reimbursement or pro tanto interest.