Pinder

BACKGROUND

Barbara’s former husband, respondent Robert F. Pinder III, filed a petition for dissolution of marriage in April 2000. Two years later, the trial court entered judgment dissolving the marriage but reserved issues of property distribution. The trial court later set December 31, 1999, as the date of the parties’ separation for purposes of dividing assets, and it divided all marital assets, except one. The one exception was a membership interest in the San Francisco Bar Pilots Benevolent and Protective Association (the Bar Pilots’ Association). The court reserved jurisdiction over this asset, ruling that “the

1 Further undesignated statutory references are to the Family Code. For clarity and ease of reference, we shall refer to the parties by first name with no disrespect intended.

1 community interest in which shall be divided equally upon liquidation. If, by the time of liquidation, Wife can successfully trace a separate property contribution, she shall be reimbursed such sum prior to the distribution of the community interest.” In October 2013, Barbara requested a division of the membership interest, claiming it had a value of $405,266. She stated she was entitled to…