Marriage of Hebbring
Court of Appeal of California
255 Cal. Rptr. 488 (1989)
Relevant factsFree
During Cindy Hebbring's (plaintiff) divorce from Jess Hebbring (defendant), a temporary restraining order prevented Jess from selling or disposing of Cindy's separately owned jewelry; Jess nonetheless informed the court he had thrown the jewelry into the sea. The trial court, valuing the jewelry at $5,000, ordered that amount taken from Jess's share of community property to reimburse Cindy for the loss of her separate property; Jess appealed.
IssueFree
Whether the community property of one spouse can be used to reimburse the other spouse for the value of separately owned property that was destroyed by the first spouse.