Legal Question in Family Law in California

Re: Moore/Marsden Formula

A rough formula is as follows:

Establish how much of the mortgage principle (not interest) was paid down with community funds (usually wages earned after marriage before separation).

Apply that number to the original purchase price of the property; this yields a percentile.

Take that percentile against the current value of the property. That yields the community interest.

If you can provide the following, I will give you a fairly solid number:

original purchase price and amount financed;

value at date of marriage and mortgage balance

value at date of separation and mortgage balance

value now and mortgage balance

amount of mortgage principle paid during marriage

with c/p funds.