The applicant sought a determination that she was engaged in a joint family venture regarding a property legally owned by her late husband, claiming unjust enrichment for a 50 percent share of the property's post-separation increase in value.
The parties had already resolved net family property equalization under the Family Law Act.
The court dismissed the claim, finding that the Family Law Act equalization scheme provided a categorical juristic reason for the enrichment, precluding the unjust enrichment claim.
