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Cases of Interest: Washington D.C.
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Classification of Assets (full category)
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Lewis v. Lewis, 708 A.2d 249 (D.C. 1998).
The proceeds of a settlement for the wrongful death of the wife's child by a prior union were her separate property.
Read More About This CaseDebts (full category)
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Bernard v. Bernard, 730 A.2d 663 (D.C. 1999).
The trial court's failure to mention the husband's substantial individual tax liability required remand for consideration of what effect the debt should have on the distribution of marital property and debts.
Read More About This CaseDiscovery (full category)
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: McDiarmid v. McDiarmid, 649 A.2d 810 (D.C. 1994).
The good will of a law practice acquired during a marriage is marital property, but good will could not be included in the value of the husband's law partnership interest because the governing partnership agreement would preclude him from realizing a share of the firm's good will if he terminated his employment or sold his partnership interest.
Read More About This CaseDissipation of Assets (full category)
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Herron v. Johnson, 714 A.2d 783 (D.C. 1998).
A trial court which finds that marital property was dissipated must distribute the property even if it no longer exists because it has been wholly dissipated.
Read More About This CaseGoodwill (full category)
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: McDiarmid v. McDiarmid, 649 A.2d 810 (D.C. 1994).
The good will of a law practice acquired during a marriage is marital property, but good will could not be included in the value of the husband's law partnership interest because the governing partnership agreement would preclude him from realizing a share of the firm's good will if he terminated his employment or sold his partnership interest.
Read More About This CaseMarital Home (full category)
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: McDiarmid v. McDiarmid, 649 A.2d 810 (D.C. 1994).
The trial court abused its discretion in failing to revalue the marital home when the husband made a proffer that the home had increased in value substantially during the lengthy period between the hearing and the trial court's equitable distribution decision.
Read More About This CaseDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Gore v. Gore, 638 A.2d 672 (D.C. 1994).
Property may be distributed in divorce proceeding even though a third party holds legal title to the property, where the third party has been joined and has been found to hold the title in constructive trust for the spouses.
Read More About This CaseMilitary Benefits (full category)
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Angulo v. Gochnauer, No. 99-CV-679 (D.C. May 17, 2001).
The issue was the wife's share in her ex-husband's retirement benefits under the Foreign Service Act of 1980.
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Cox v. Cox, 707 A.2d 1297 (D.C. 1998).
The wife's ignorance of how to secure her share of the husband's military pension benefits did not warrant modification of the parties' divorce decree more than one year after it was entered.
Read More About This CasePostdecree Proceedings (full category)
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Cox v. Cox, 707 A.2d 1297 (D.C. 1998).
The wife's ignorance of how to secure her share of the husband's military pension benefits did not warrant modification of the parties' divorce decree more than one year after it was entered.
Read More About This CaseProfessional Practices (full category)
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: McDiarmid v. McDiarmid, 649 A.2d 810 (D.C. 1994).
The good will of a law practice acquired during a marriage is marital property, but good will could not be included in the value of the husband's law partnership interest because the governing partnership agreement would preclude him from realizing a share of the firm's good will if he terminated his employment or sold his partnership interest.
Read More About This CaseTax Consequences (full category)
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Bernard v. Bernard, 730 A.2d 663 (D.C. 1999).
The trial court's failure to mention the husband's substantial individual tax liability required remand for consideration of what effect the debt should have on the distribution of marital property and debts.
Read More About This CaseThird Parties (full category)
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Gore v. Gore, 638 A.2d 672 (D.C. 1994).
Property may be distributed in divorce proceeding even though a third party holds legal title to the property, where the third party has been joined and has been found to hold the title in constructive trust for the spouses.
Read More About This CaseTorts (full category)
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Lewis v. Lewis, 708 A.2d 249 (D.C. 1998).
The proceeds of a settlement for the wrongful death of the wife's child by a prior union were her separate property.
Read More About This CaseValuation of Property (full category)
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: McDiarmid v. McDiarmid, 649 A.2d 810 (D.C. 1994).
The good will of a law practice acquired during a marriage is marital property, but good will could not be included in the value of the husband's law partnership interest because the governing partnership agreement would preclude him from realizing a share of the firm's good will if he terminated his employment or sold his partnership interest.
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