In re Marriage of Frick (1986) 181 Cal.App.3d 997
Holding
Where a spouse owns commercial real property prior to marriage and community funds are used during marriage to reduce the encumbrance, the Moore-Marsden apportionment formula applies to commercial properties just as it does to the family residence. Spouses do not contemplate divorce when they pay down loans, and it would be inequitable for a divorcing partner to walk away with property enriched by community funds and no obligation to reimburse.
Relevance to this matter
Background reference relevant to any post-judgment property dispute that touches separate-property real estate to which community funds were applied. On the present record this is unlikely to be in dispute, but Frick rounds out the In re Marriage of Epstein / In re Marriage of Watts / Frick trio that comprises the standard reimbursement framework.