Marriage of Haringa CA4/2
Ruth E. Haringa filed for legal separation from Rudy Haringa and, six years later, they entered into a stipulated judgment of dissolution that divided their community assets. Inter alia, the judgment allocated certain pieces of real property between Ruth and Rudy, awarded Rudy full ownership of two dairy businesses, and obligated him to make a $3,000,000 equalization payment to Ruth. Eleven years after the judgment was entered, Ruth requested, pursuant to Family Code section 2556, that the family court divide community assets that were omitted from or unadjudicated by the judgment. In particular, Ruth argued Rudy transferred ownership in certain dairy farms to his now-deceased brother before Ruth and Rudy separated, without Ruth’s knowledge and consent, and the community estate’s interest in those dairies was not adjudicated in the judgment.
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