Van Camp v. Van Camp
California Court of Appeal
199 P. 885 (1921)
Relevant factsFree
Frank (defendant) started an already-successful seafood company in 1914 using $200,000 of his own separate-property capital, two years before marrying his wife (plaintiff) in 1916; he worked full-time as the company's salaried manager throughout the marriage. When his wife filed for divorce, the trial court ruled the company's profits were community property, and Frank appealed.
IssueFree
Whether, in a marriage-dissolution proceeding, business profits attributable to the input of separate property constitute separate property.