How California courts decide who keeps the house in a divorce: community versus separate property, down payment reimbursement, Moore/Marsden interests, buyouts, sale orders, and deferred sale of home orders.

California is a no-fault divorce state, so an affair does not by itself change property division, support, or custody. But money spent on the affair, a new live-in partner, and how the affair affected the children can matter. Here is what judges in San Bernardino and Riverside County actually look at.