Marriage of Hsu CA4/3
Appellant Christine Nakamoto (Christine) filed a petition for dissolution of marriage against respondent Daniel Hsu (Daniel). In the dissolution proceeding, Christine joined respondents Brion Corporation, STPCA, Sun Ten Museum, Inc., Melissa See Hsu (Melissa), and Charleson Hsu (Charleson) (collectively referred to as claimants). Melissa and Charleson are Daniel’s siblings and the joined corporations were started by the Hsu family.
Claimants filed a motion for a separate trial on the validity of a transmutation agreement. Christine and Daniel contended at trial that a note from Daniel to Christine written the day after their wedding (the wedding note or the transmutation agreement) constituted a transmutation of his separate property to the community. The family court determined there was a valid transmutation from Daniel’s separate property to Christine’s separate property.
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