Does Moore Marsden rule apply to property before marriage?

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:54 am    Post subject: Does Moore Marsden rule apply to property before marriage?

Does Moore Marsden rule apply to property before the marrige when living together?...I moved into my girlfriend's condo (California) on Feb 1st 1999. I helped her fix it up quite nicely and paid for more and performed than half of the repairs. Then I put her through 2 yrs of dental hygiene school. When she graduated we sold the condo and put (approx $35k toward old and new closing costs and $60k of the equity toward a home (sale price $380k) in Nov 2001. Because of my bad credit, I stayed off the loan and the title. We got married in Sept 2003. In April 2007, we refinanced our home loan and took out $140k in equity and bought and moved into a new condo $503k (both names on title). With some savings we covered the the closing costs and miscellaneous and took out a loan for $350k. As of Dec 31st, 2007 we were separated and we are going through divorce.
My real question here is, does anything count in California before we were married? Does the fact that I put her through school and I paid for repairs in ehr old condo get me anything? Please help.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:09 pm    Post subject:

Hi telemtneer!

Welcome to Forums!

If you have made any payments with community funds during marriage or after marriage then you will have community interest in the property. Community funds means your girlfriend's money and yours as spent towards loan payment. If you have not used the community funds, then you will not be able to claim anything.

Feel free to ask if you have further queries.

Sussane
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