Marriage of Dhami CA1/5

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION FIVE

In re the Marriage of JYOTI DHAMI and CHARAN S. DHAMI.

JYOTI DHAMI, Respondent, A158324 v. (Contra Costa County CHARAN S. DHAMI, Super. Ct. No. MSD17- Appellant. 05325)

Charan S. Dhami (husband) appeals from an order entered after trial in this marital dissolution action between him and Jyoti Dhami (wife) that resolved a number of issues relating to property characterization, reimbursement, allocation of taxes and retirement accounts, support and sanctions. Although the court resolved several issues, husband challenges only one: the determination that he had no separate property interest in the property on Sargent Avenue in San Pablo (the Sargent Avenue property), and that it was owned by wife’s mother, Sukhwinder Kaur (mother). We affirm.

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I. BACKGROUND Because of the limited nature of the issues on appeal, we state only those facts relating to the Sargent Avenue property. Because husband has not filed a reporter’s transcript of the trial, we take the facts from the trial court’s final statement of decision, and, where appropriate, from the clerk’s transcript. Husband and wife were married in 1987. In 2012, husband took title to the Sargent Avenue property in his own name and obtained the mortgage on the property in his own name. The house was purchased for mother, who has paid the mortgage, insurance and taxes on the property since its purchase, but husband had the credit rating necessary to acquire the property. Mother currently lives in the home with eight other family members. Husband made the initial down payment of $55,000 to $60,000 using community property funds. Although he disputed that he was reimbursed for the down payment, the testimony of several members of the family and bank records showing withdrawals made in close proximity to the original purchase show that he has since been fully reimbursed. In 2016, husband executed a new grant deed on the Sargent Avenue property adding mother and wife to the title, and the property is now held by husband, wife and mother as joint tenants. Husband and wife separated in 2016. Wife filed a petition for dissolution on November 13, 2017, in which she listed the Sargent Avenue property as community property and asked that