CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Community Property Issues
......Specific Assets
.........Education/License
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  • Reimbursement is sole remedy for community contributions to education or training.
  • Educational loans are assigned to the party receiving the education without offset in c/p division.
  • Reimbursement per former Civil Code section 4800.3 is exclusive remedy for c/p interest in professional education.
  • W not entitled to reimbursement for share of H's law school expenses where law school not shown to "substantially enhance" H's earning capacity.
  • Order for full reimbursement of c/p funds used to repay H's premarital med school loans reversed; how H's medical education enhanced his earning capacity and how it benefited marital community must be considered.
  • Former Civil Code section 4800.3 permits reimbursement for expenses directly related to education, not ordinary living expenses.
  • Reimbursement per former Civil Code section 4800.3 is sole remedy for c/p contributions to professional education.
  • Former Civil Code section 4800.3 may be applied retroactively.
  • Legal education not a c/p asset.
  • Legal education is intangible property right on which no value can be placed.
  • Liability for educational loans.


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