§8.05 Tracing Subsequent Acquisitions

The term "property" in the phrase contributions to the acquisition of property in FC §2640 includes not only the specific community property to which the separate property was originally contributed, but also any other community property that is subsequently acquired from the proceeds of the initial property, and to which the separate property contribution can be traced. [Marriage of Walrath (1998) 17 C4th 907, 918.] Tracing is used to determine whether separate property contributed to the purchase of the subsequent community property. [Marriage of Braud (1996) 45 CA4th 797, 822.] See discussion of tracing in the online course Characterizing Property, §§4.06 et seq.