Minnesota Supreme Court affirms that passive appreciation in nonmarital property is nonmarital

Business Valuation UpdateVol. 9 No. 11
Legal and Court Case Update
November 2003
3444 Sheet Metal Work
332322 Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing
marital dissolution/divorce
discount for lack of marketability (DLOM), marital dissolution, minority interest, s corporation

In re the Marriage of Gottsacker
2003 Minn. LEXIS 405
July 17, 2003
US
State Court
Minnesota
Court of Appeals
Lyndon Steele, ASA (for wife); Stephen G. Dennis, CPA/ABV (for husband); Stephen T. Broz (for husband)
Anderson

Summary

Earnings retained in wife’s AAA were not income because they might never be distributed, nor were the earnings active appreciation.

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