Legal Question in Family Law in California
separate property and payments reimburstment
My husband and I each own our own houses before we got married. After we got married, we didn't add each other's names to the title of either houses.
We were married for a little less than two years. During that time, he never supported any payments for my property. However, I paid for half of the remodeling fee for his house, and I paid one of the property tax installments during the first year of our marriage.
We were married for one year, and then separated for six months. Now we are going to get a divorce, and we are trying to file without using attorney. At this time, we are each trying to work out a settlement.
Here is my question. Legally we don't have any community property. But since I did put in around 10K into his property during our first year of being married, I want to ask to have some, if not more, money back. What can I do?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: separate property and payments reimburstment
You would have to claim an interest in his property on the ground that invested money into his separate property. That this investment was not made as a gift. If the source of this money was wages earned during the marriage the contribution would be community property, unless there was a written agreement otherwise. You should consult an attorney with all documents that you have in you possession.
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