Keene v. Keene

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment for defendant in an action for divorce and to impress a trust upon defendant’s property with respect to the proceeds of an alleged joint venture or partnership between defendant and herself.

Plaintiff contends that under our decision in Vallera v. *660Vallera (1943) 21 Cal.2d 681 [134 P.2d 761], a woman who cohabits with a man knowing that they are not validly married is entitled to an interest in the property acquired in the latter’s name during the period of unwedded cohabitation “to the extent the woman renders services not included in the usual services of a…