California Bank v. Schlesinger

In this case, title to certain joint tenancy property was homesteaded by husband and wife. Thereafter on March 2, 1948, the wife, the defendant here, secured a final decree of divorce which did not assign the homestead as it could have done under Civil Code, section 146. On September 18, 1950, the defendant’s former husband quitclaimed his joint tenancy interest to her. After the divorce, she continued to reside alone upon the property, and executed a trust deed upon it to secure a note. The creditors hold judgments upon debts of the defendant Schlesinger, incurred after the divorce, and are…