171 Ohio App. 3d 279 - Hocker v. Hocker’s Empirical Analysis

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9 state decisions

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1. “{¶ 39} “Bosse’s testimony was not being offered to prove the liability for or validity of the claim that [Mrs. Hocker] was entitled to one-half of [Mr. Hocker’s] retirement benefits. The parties did not dispute this fact. Instead, the testimony was being offered to assist the trial court in assessing the value of the pension, i.e., whether equitably and intentionally it included early-retirement and/or interim supplemental benefits. Furthermore, the question why a life insurance policy on [Mr. Hocker’s] life was proposed during the divorce negotiations was at issue. We believe that the parties were entitled to offer evidence of their negotiations demonstrating their motives for that action.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hocker v. Hocker