In Re Marriage of Taylor

Opinion

EVANS, Acting P. J.

On appeal from a finding that the family house was respondent husband’s separate property, wife contends the characterization was unsupported by the evidence presented. For reasons not asserted by wife, we must reverse.

The parties were married on October 3, 1979. In 1980, they purchased a lot and built a home entirely financed by husband’s separate property funds. Title was taken in joint tenancy.

Wife petitioned for dissolution on January 7, 1982. A trial was held solely on the issue of whether the house was community or separate property. The *473court found that wife…