Squibb v. Squibb

The parties, while husband and wife, acquired title to certain joint tenancy property; thereafter the wife sued for a divorce and a final decree was entered October 28, 1957. Neither the interlocutory nor the final decree made disposition of the use or ownership of the property. (Fox v. Fox, 18 Cal.2d 645 [117 P.2d 325].) It constitutes a residence wherein the parties lived during their marriage; the wife and the children continued to reside on the premises. The property is encumbered and, as a practical matter, is incapable of physical partition.

Almost, two years after the entry of the final…