Arizona Court Says Owner’s Goodwill in Restaurants Represents Community Asset

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Court Case Digests
March 22, 2018
5812 Eating and Drinking Places
722511 Full-Service Restaurants
marital dissolution/divorce
personal goodwill, marital estate, community property

Jimenez v. Jimenez
2018 Ariz. App. Unpub. LEXIS 442
US
State Court
Arizona
Court of Appeals
None (husband); none (wife)
Campbell

Summary

Appeals court affirms trial court’s decision to give wife portion of value of goodwill in two restaurants husband set up with new partner during separation, where restaurants carried husband’s name and featured recipes he had developed during the marriage; goodwill is a community asset.

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Jimenez v. Jimenez

Appeals court affirms trial court’s decision to give wife portion of value of goodwill in two restaurants husband set up with new partner during separation, where restaurants carried husband’s name and featured recipes he had developed during the marriage; goodwill is a community asset.