CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Community Property Issues
......Characterization
.........Tracing
............Exhaustion Method/Fam. Exp. Presump.
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To establish property purchased from commingled fund is s/p, must show that at the time of acquisition, all c/p in account was exhausted by c/p expenses.

Showing that rental income from s/p house exceeded expenses is insufficient tracing; must show that each payment was made from s/p.

Community living expenses are presumed paid out of c/p income.

H met burden of showing that c/p expenses exceeded c/p income by circumstantial evidence; exact tracing not required.

H is presumed to support family out of c/p funds and to preserve s/p.

Money used for family expenses is drawn from c/p funds before there is encroachment on s/p.

Family Expense Presumption.