Appellate Court (Maryland) Affirms Trial Court’s Decision to Exclude Testimony of Wife’s Expert

BVLaw
Court Case Digests
August 18, 2023
5961 Catalog and Mail-Order Houses
456191 Food (Health) Supplement Retailers
marital dissolution/divorce
expert witness, business valuation, divorce, discovery, projections, marital property, alimony, trial court

Gore v. Gore
2023 Md. App. LEXIS 565; 2023 WL 5318325
US
State Court
Maryland
Appellate Court
Charles Rains, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA; Richard Wolf, CPA/ABV, CFE, CVA, CGMA
Berger, Shaw, McDonald, Robert N.

Summary

The key element in the appeal of this divorce case revolved around the valuation of the wife’s business, selling dietary supplements online. The wife failed to produce in a timely manner the documents the husband requested. She also failed to timely declare an expert who could testify as to the value of her business. “Wife appealed the circuit court’s award of monetary sanctions and the court’s exclusion of her and her expert’s testimony regarding her company’s valuation, as well as her attempts to testify regarding the value of her business. Husband cross-appealed the court’s distribution of marital property and the resultant monetary award.”

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Gore v. Gore

The key element in the appeal of this divorce case revolved around the valuation of the wife’s business, selling dietary supplements online. The wife failed to produce in a timely manner the documents the husband requested. She also failed to timely declare an expert who could testify as to the value of her business. “Wife appealed the circuit court’s award of monetary sanctions and the court’s exclusion of her and her expert’s testimony regarding her company’s valuation, as well as her attempts to testify regarding the value of her business. Husband cross-appealed the court’s distribution of marital property and the resultant monetary award.”