The good will of a business is property and is transferable.
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 14102
Good Will
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Soranno's Gasco, Inc. v. Morgan (1989)
Most recently applied in 133 Cal. App. 4th 1090 - In Re Marriage of McTiernan and Dubrow (October 2005)
Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 57.
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