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Leo and Mia are married under the conjugal partnership of gains. Leo, who manages the family finances, secretly diverts conjugal funds to finance a private software startup run by a cousin. He then uses conjugal funds to acquire a parcel of land and has the title placed in the name of a private corporation controlled by the cousin. To secure financing for the venture, Leo mortgages the conjugal land, all without Mia’s knowledge or consent. Mia later discovers the transactions and files for an accounting of conjugal assets and for relief for misapplied conjugal funds. (a) Identify the governing doctrine relating to spouses’ rights and obligations to conjugal assets and the requirement of mutual consent for dispositions of conjugal property. (b) Distinguish the scope of relief for misapplied conjugal funds from other family obligations and explain the criteria for determining the amount. (c) Based on these facts, is Mia entitled to an accounting of conjugal assets and to relief for misapplied conjugal funds? Briefly explain.