Valento v. Valento

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that, where the deed’s language was “unambiguous in that [the grantors] conveyed the property interest to [their son] and [his wife] jointly,” the parol evidence rule prohibited testimony that the grantors intended the property to be gifted to their son alone
• declining to award costs to either party because both parties prevailed in part
• “When the community contributes capital to separate property, it acquires an equitable lien against that property.”
• when imposing an equitable lien, the superior court “determine[s] the value of the property on the date of trial to compute the value of the community lien”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).