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Deliberate Misappropriation of Community Assets -
Marriage of Economy (1990) 224 Cal.App.3d 1466
"Courts are not always required to divide community
property equally: 'As an additional award or offset against
existing property, the court may award, from a party's share,
any sum it determines to have been deliberately
misappropriated by the party to the exclusion of the interest
of the other party in the community estate.'"
Divorce Residency
Requirement - Marriage of Dick
(1993) 15 Cal.App.4th 144
"Residence is established under Civil Code section 4530 if
either party has resided in the state for six months prior to
the petition for dissolution and three months in the county
where the petition is filed. More generally, residence
requires proof of physical residence and an intention to
remain."
Jack