Hawk v. Hawk’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 1 district ·

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1. ““In every final judgment for divorce from the bonds of matrimony granted to the husband, an order shall be made that each party be restored to all property not disposed of at the commencement of the action, which either party obtained from or through the other during the marriage and in consideration or by reason thereof; and where the divorce is granted to the wife, the court shall make an order that each party be restored to all property not disposed of at the commencement of the action which either party obtained from or through the other during the marriage and in consideration or by reason thereof; and the wife so granted a divorce against the husband shall be entitled to one-third of the husband’s personal property absolutely, and one-third part of all the lands whereof her husband was seized of an estate of inheritance at any time during the marriage for her life, unless the same shall have been relinquished by her in legal form, and every such final order or judgment shall designate the specific property, both real and personal, to which such wife is entitled; and when it appears from the evidence in the case, to the satisfaction of the court, that such real estate is not susceptible of the division herein provided for without great prejudice to the parties interested, the court shall order a sale of said real estate to be made by a com missioner to be appointed by the court for that purpose, at public auction to the highest bidder upon the terms’ and conditions, and ”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Mckenzie

2. ““It does not require authority to show that the bankrupt, at any time prior to his adjudication in bankruptcy, might have disposed of his personal property without the consent of his wife, and, so far as she is concerned, for any purpose that he might have seen fit. When he was adjudicated a bankrupt, by operation of law the same title which he held at the date of his adjudication was, upon his appointment and qualification, vested in his trustee.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Mckenzie

3. ““But a wife has no dower right in the personal property of her husband until after his death, nor had the wife any rights under this statute until the decree of divorce is rendered in her favor.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Mckenzie