Marriage of Brandes

Filed 8/14/15 Certified for Publication 8/31/15 (order attached)

COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

In re the Marriage of LINDA F. and

CHARLES H. BRANDES.

D062729

LINDA F. BRANDES,

Appellant, (Super. Ct. No. D485527)

v.

CHARLES H. BRANDES,

Appellant.

APPEALS from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Jeffrey S.

Bostwick, Judge. Affirmed in part; reversed in part with directions.

Sandler, Lasry, Laube, Byer & Valdez, Edward I. Silverman; Karcher Harmes,

Kathryn E. Karcher; Dick & Wagner, Stephen James Wagner; Jones Barnes, Rex L.

Jones, III, Julie R. Barnes and Matthew K. Strauss for Appellant Linda F. Brandes. Law Offices of Marjorie G. Fuller, Marjorie G. Fuller; Wasser, Cooperman &

Carter, Dennis M. Wasser, Bruce E. Cooperman and Amy L. Rice for Appellant Charles

H. Brandes.

In this dissolution action, Linda F. Brandes (Linda) appeals a judgment awarding

Charles H. Brandes (Charles) a business he founded before the marriage, Brandes

Investment Partners (BIP),1 as his separate property, and awarding the community an

equitable allocation—under the Pereira v.…