CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Family Residence/Real Property
......Improvements
.........Improve S/P With C/P
............Reimbursement Permitted
3 Cards On This Topic:

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.

There is no logical basis for denying a spouse reimbursement for a community-funded improvement to the other spouse's s/p.

When spouse uses c/p to improve own s/p, c/p is entitled to reimbursement.