Legal Opinion
Kushesh v. Kushesh-Kaviani (In re Kushesh)
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
Decided September 21, 2018No. G054936PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEDSWORTH, ACTING P.J.
*451I. INTRODUCTION
No published opinion to date has addressed whether an interspousal transfer grant deed (ITGD) meets the requirements for a transmutation of the character of marital property under Family Code section 852.1 The trial court concluded that the ITGD in this case did not contain the requisite language to effectuate a transmutation.
We are forced to disagree. The standard ITGD expresses an intent to transfer a property interest from one spouse to another: The constituent components of *176the word "interspousal"-literally between spouses-plus the words "transfer" and…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- In Re Marriage of LucasCalifornia Supreme Court · 1980
- Estate of MacDonaldCalifornia Supreme Court · 1990
- Marr. of ValliCalifornia Supreme Court · 2014
- Fossum v. FossumCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2011
- Estate of BibbCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2001
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Begian v. Sarajian (In re Begian), California Court of Appeal, 5th District2018
- Estate of Lu CA1/4California Court of Appeal · 2021
- In re Marriage of Begian & SarajianCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2019
- Marriage of Feng and Tian CA4/3California Court of Appeal · 2020