| 11. Divorce Source: CLASSIFICATION OF PERSONAL INJURY PROCEEDS
(�1999) Proceeds from wifes actions against third parties for medical malpractice and invasion of privacy were her separate property where the injuries were personal to the wife and did not diminish the marital
... 10.0%
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         | 12. Divorce Source: CLASSIFICATION OF FELA SETTLEMENT
(�1998) The husband failed to show that any part of his FELA settlement was his separate property under the analytic approach for classifying compensation awards
... 10.0%
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         | 13. Divorce Source: PERSONAL INJURY AWARD - CLASSIFICATION
(�1998) The husband was injured in an accident that occurred approximately 16 months before the wife filed a petition for dissolution of marriage. When the trial court entered the final dissolution judgment
... 10.0%
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         | 14. Divorce Source: RELIEF FROM JUDGMENT DUE TO LAWYER'S MISTAKE
(�1997) In the heat of property settlement negotiations with a trial looming, it is easy to make a math mistake when adding columns of figures. This case recognizes this reality and permits relief from judgment
... 10.0%
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         | 15. Divorce Source: SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS - DURESS
(�1997) The parties property settlement agreement was not the product of duress, where the agreement was executed nine months after the wife
... 10.0%
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         | 16. Divorce Source: INADEQUATE DISCLOSURE IN POSTDECREE PROCEEDINGS
(�1997) The purported waiver of statutory disclosure obligations in the parties settlement agreement was invalid, so the trial court acted within its discretion in setting aside the dissolution judgment based
... 10.0%
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         | 17. Divorce Source: ATTORNEY'S FEES - UNSUCCESSFUL MODIFICATION PROCEEDING
(�1997) A former spouse cannot be forced to foot the bill for attorneys fees incurred in the other spouses attempt to invalidate a property settlement agreement, according to Spano v. Spano.
... 10.0%
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         | 18. Divorce Source: VALUATION OF PERSONAL INJURY AWARD
(�1997) The trial court erred in precluding the husband from calling the wifes personal injury lawyer to testify concerning her offer to settle her pending personal injury lawsuit
... 10.0%
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         | 19. Divorce Source: MODIFICATION OF FINAL DECREE - FRAUD
(�1997) The husbands alleged misrepresentation of asset values and other facts could not be characterized as fraud upon the court or extrinsic fraud so as to permit relief from judgment
... 10.0%
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         | 20. Divorce Source: EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF PERSONAL INJURY AWARD
(�1996) During the sixth year of the parties 20-year marriage, the husband became a paraplegic as a result of an industrial accident. After the accident, the wife quit her job and stayed home to care for the
... 10.0%
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