Request for Forced Sale Denied

Business Valuation Update BVLaw
Legal and Court Case Update
October 4, 2000
6211 Security Brokers, Dealers, and Flotation Companies
523110 Investment Banking and Securities Dealing
marital dissolution/divorce
fair market value (FMV), marital dissolution

In the Matter of the Marriage of Bidwell (I)
170 Or. App. 239, 12 P.3d 76, 2000 Ore. App. LEXIS 1681
US
State Court
Oregon
Court of Appeals
Gregory Gilbert ASA, CFA, CBA; Caleb Burchenel
Kistler

Summary

The Oregon Court of Appeals declined to permit the value of a husband’s brokerage business, determined to be $57 million at the time of the divorce, to be fixed years after the divorce by a sale of the business.

See Also

Bidwell v. Bidwell (I)

At issue is the valuation of husband's brokerage house.