CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Community Property Issues
......Valuation Date
.........Increase in Value After D.O.S.
6 Cards On This Topic:
  • Change in value after separation due to efforts of operating spouse must be apportioned.
  • Even if H's real estate business were c/p, since it was 100% dependent on his post-DOS efforts, it should be valued as of DOS.
  • Court properly reopened case after trial and before judgment to divide profits from movie partially completed during marriage.
  • Change in value of income-producing asset after separation subject to allocation.
  • Alternate valuation date appropriate where hard work or actions of one spouse alone caused increase in value of asset.
  • Increase in Value Post-trial.