Buyout Agreement Irrelevant to Valuation of Spouse’s Business Interest

Business Valuation UpdateVol. 19 No. 2
Legal and Court Case Update
February 2013
1752 Floor Laying and Other Floor Work, NEC
238330 Flooring Contractors
marital dissolution/divorce
buy-sell agreement, valuation date

Colclasure v. Colclasure
2012 Okla. LEXIS 106
November 20, 2012
US
State Court
Oklahoma
Supreme Court
Kenneth W. Klingenberg (wife); Ralph E. Blodgett (husband)
Kauger

Summary

State Supreme Court finds trial court erred in valuing husband’s business interest based on buy-out agreement the parties ignored; on remand, valuation must meet statutory requirement of a fair and just division.

See Also

Colclasure v. Colclasure

State Supreme Court finds trial court erred in valuing husband’s business interest based on buy-out agreement the parties ignored; on remand, valuation must meet statutory requirement of a fair and just division.