In Re the Marriage of Zaentz
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RACANELLI, P. J.
This case concerns a community property dispute between Saul Zaentz (husband) and Lynda Zaentz (wife) over the financial rewards of husband’s role as producer of the Academy Award-winning movie “Amadeus.” The central issue relates to the trial court’s allocation of an additional $600,000 to the community as compensation for husband’s production and financial contributions to “Amadeus.”
Procedural History
On November 16, 1983, wife filed a petition for dissolution of the marriage. Thereafter, following his response, husband filed a motion to set the alternative valuation…
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