Staring v. Staring

This is an appeal from that portion of an interlocutory decree of divorce which awards certain realty to respondent as his separate property.

*584The parties intermarried in 1952 and separated in 1958. At the time of their marriage appellant was operating a beauty parlor in her home and respondent was a self-employed plumber. During the marriage appellant acquired considerable property by gift and inheritance and it has been awarded to her as her separate property. In 1955 respondent purchased two lots in Merced County for $21,000 of which he paid $7,000 from his separate funds and $12,000 from a…