What is the test for appellate review of a finding by the trial court that an item is separate or community property?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Marriage of Ananeh-Firempong, In re, 219 Cal.App.3d 272, 268 Cal.Rptr. 83 (Cal. App. 1990):

With respect to a finding by the trial court that an item is separate or community property, appellate review is limited to a determination of whether there is any substantial evidence, contradicted or uncontradicted, that supports the finding. (McLellan v. McLellan (1972) 23 Cal.App.3d 343, 356, 100 Cal.Rptr. 258.)

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