Appeals Court Affirms Trial Court’s Division of Assets
The Court of Appeals held that the trial court properly based its valuation and division of property upon wife's testimony and financial affidavit.
Howell v. Howell (I)
At issue is the valuation of the goodwill of husband's law partnership interest.
Freeman W. Barner, Jr. v. Julia P. Barner
The Florida Court of Appeals, Fourth District reversed the lower court's decision to included the husband's future earning ability and the future earning ability of wife's timberland as marital assets. The court ruled that future earning ability of a non ...
Bifurcation of Future Earning Ability and Ownership of Assets Improper
The Florida Court of Appeals, Fourth District reversed the lower court's decision to included the husband's future earning ability and the future earning ability of wife's timberland as marital assets.
Partnership Agreement's Ambiguity Enters Into Business Valuation
Appellant (Farley) alleges that a partnership agreement was ambiguous and entitled the partner to the "book value" of the partnership interest.
Farley v. Klaus, Smith & Ressling
At issue is whether a partnership agreement is ambiguous, if it requires a cash basis method of accounting and entitles an expelled partner to the "book value" of the partnership interest as determined by a complete inventory and accounting.
Roberts v. Roberts
At issue is whether or not husband's unearned and unrealized fees on his personal injury cases should be valued for purposes of alimony and as part of an equitable distribution.
In re the Marriage of Estes
Issue is whether attorney husband's contingency fee cases should be treated as marital assets.
Court Rejects 'Entire Earning' Methodology in Divorce Case
This case was reopened based on the decision handed down in McSparron v. McSparron (See January 1996 Legal & Court, p.8). At issue is the determination of the value of the defendant ...
Missouri court rejects law practice goodwill
In a divorce action, the trial court concluded that husband's law practice had no marital goodwill because, "were (husband) to terminate his activity, the lights would go out and the value of his practice would be extinguished."
Hershewe v. Hershewe
At issue is the valuation of goodwill of husband's law practice.
Payment to Estate Partly for Decedent's Services
Decedent owned 71.43% of the stock of a law firm (CSB) that specialized in personal injury law, with earnings based on contingent fees.
Rochelle v. Harold
At issue is the valuation of husband's license to practice law.
Court Rejects Death Benefit Valuation of Law Practice; Ongoing Business Realistic
During the first three years of the parties 31-year marriage, the husband attended and graduated from Stanford University Law School. In the divorce proceedings, the trial court credited the ...
Estate of Cartwright v. Commissioner
At issue is whether life insurance proceeds were paid to decedent's estate solely to redeem his CSB stock, as petitioner contends, or partly for his CSB stock and partly for any claims for cases or work in process, as respondent contends.
Wadsworth v. Wadsworth
At issue is whether the Supreme Court properly valued defendant's law practice and properly declined to value separately defendant's law license.
New York court decides professional licenses have economic value independent of practice
In New York, since the O'Brien case (66 N.Y. 2d 576), professional licenses have been held to be marital property subject to equitable distribution under N.Y. Domestic Relations Law s236B. I ...
Monas v. Monas
At issue is the valuation of husband's personal injury law practice.
McSparron v. McSparron
At issue is the valuation of husband's law license.
Musser v. Musser
The issue in this case was whether a lawyer's "interest" in contingent fee cases is a part of the marital estate.
Preis v. Preis
One issue in this case was whether the valuation of the husband's stock in the law corporation should be valued at the end of the community or at the time of trial.
Burns v. Burns
At issue is whether or not lthe wife's proof of the value of her husband's interest in his law firm partnership was limited to the value of his capital account.
McDiarmid v. McDiarmid
At issue is the valuation of husband's partnership interest in a law firm.
Nichols v. Nichols
At issue is the valuation of husband's shareholder interest in his law firm.
Nichols v. Nichols
27 Cal. App. 4th 661, 33 Cal. Rptr. 2d 13 (Cal. Ct. App. Aug. 11, 1994). Judge Scotland.