Shaw v. Shaw

In Shaw v. Shaw (1964) 227 Cal.App.2d 159, Warren and Myrna agreed to live together and to get married as soon as Myrna's divorce from another man was final. (Id. at p. 161.) "Based on this contemplated marriage," Warren placed his house, his car, and two bank accounts in their joint names. (Id. at pp. 161-162.) When Myrna's divorce became final, she did not tell Warren; instead, she started seeing another man. When Warren discovered this, they broke up. (Id. at p. 162 & fn. 2.) The trial court awarded virtually all of the disputed properties to Warren pursuant to section 1590. (Shaw, at pp. 161, 166.) The appellate court affirmed. It concluded that there were cases "supporting the trial court's application of the law to the facts which it found . . . ." (Id. at p. 164.)