Wall
Wall v. Wall
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Lillie, J.
*1045 Opinion
Appellant and respondent were married in 1967; a premamal agreement provides that whatever property each had as of then shall remain the separate property of said party; at the time of separation there were five hank accounts—-a separate account established by each party prior to marriage, a mutual checking account for household expenses (United California Bank), a savings account in Fidelity Federal Savings and Loan in the name of both parties as joint tenants, and a business account in the name of both parties; there were no children of the marriage and respondent sought no spousal support. The husband appeals from that portion of interlocutory judgment ordering the balance of SI.851.49 in the Fidelity Federal Savings and Loan account and a 1970 Buick Elcctra to be the sole and separate property of respondent, and a Baldwin organ to be community property and awarding the same to respondent.
As to the Fidelity account, in April 1969 Mrs. Wall's father gave her a gift of $6,000 by check; shortly thereafter she deposited it in the Fidelity joint tenancy savings account which then had a balance of $237.98: she did this "under pressure” and because her husband…