 | 1. Divorce Source: Cases of Interest: Professional Licenses and Degrees
Case law and analysis of divorce cases related to professional licenses and degrees. Visit Other Cases of Interest
...
100.0%
 |
| | 2. Divorce Source: APPRECIATION OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSES AND DEGREES
(©1999) Although the husbands medical license was not marital property, the trial court was justified under the circumstances in making an award to the wife in excess of the total net value of the marital estate
...
58.8%
|
| | 3. Divorce Source: VALUE OF POSTDOCTORAL DEGREE
NEW YORK: Halaby v. Halaby, No. 89327, 2001.NY.0008965 N.Y. App. Div. Dec. 6, 2001. The wife argued that the husbands post-doctoral degree increased the husbands earning potential and that this potential should be reflected in the equitable distribution decree.
...
5.9%
|
| | 4. Divorce Source: MEDICAL TRAINING AND ENHANCED EARNING CAPACITY
The wife was entitled to a 10% interest in the husbands enhanced earning capacity as a physician, where the wife cared for the couples child, provided economic support, and sacrificed her education while the husband pursued his medical license.
...
5.9%
|
| | 5. Divorce Source: PROFESSIONAL DEGREES
(©1999) Evidence that the husband made significant contributions to the wifes medical school expenses and that the wifes adultery led to the dissolution of the marriage supported the equitable distribution award of alimony to the husband while denying him rights to the wife
...
5.9%
|
| | 6. Divorce Source: MARITAL PROPERTY - PROFESSIONAL LICENSE
(©1999) The wife, a housewife, was granted a divorce from her husband, a financial analyst, on the ground of constructive abandonment. The Supreme Court of New York confirmed in part and disaffirmed in part the report of the judicial hearing officer.
...
5.9%
|
| | 7. Divorce Source: REIMBURSEMENT FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDUCATION
(©1998) The husband was not entitled to reimbursement for his contributions to the wifes nursing degree where the evidence did not show an inequality between the parties contributions to the marital estate
...
5.9%
|
| | 8. Divorce Source: VALIDITY OF DECREE DUE TO A MISTAKE OF THE LAW
(©1998) The parties
...
5.9%
|
| | 9. Divorce Source: MEDICAL DEGREE EARNED DURING MARRIAGE
(©1998) A medical degree earned during marriage is not property subject to equitable distribution, but the other spouse is normally entitled to compensation through an alimony award if the couples assets are
...
5.9%
|
| | 10. Divorce Source: PROFESSIONAL DEGREE EARNED DURING MARRIAGE
(©1997) A professional degree earned during marriage is not a marital asset, but the degree holders increased earning capacity may be considered as justification for an unequal division of other assets
...
5.9%
|
Access to some research documents (those we license from independent legal research companies) are restricted to subscribers. To gain access to ALL of these documents, you must subscribe. If you are already a subscriber, you may sign in before you begin your research. (Why Subscribe?)