Hailey v. Hailey’s Empirical Analysis

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10 state decisions

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1. “(b) The amount of the claim under this section is equal to the product of: (1) the equity in the benefited property on the date of dissolution of the marriage, the death of a spouse, or disposition of the property; multiplied by (2) a fraction of which: (A) the numerator is the economic contribution to the property owned by the benefited marital estate by the contributing marital estate; and (B) The DenominatoR Is An Amount Equal To The Sum Of: (i) the economic contribution to the property owned by the benefited marital estate by the contributing marital estate; and (ii) the contribution by the benefited estate to the equity in the property owned by the benefited estate. (b — 1) The amount of the contribution by the benefited marital estate under Subsection (b)(2)(B)(ii) is measured by determining: (1) if the benefited estate is the community property estate: (A) the net equity of the community property estate in the property owned by the community property estate as of the date of the first economic contribution to that property by the contributing separate property estate; and (B) any additional economic contribution to the equity in the property owned by the community property estate made by the benefited community property estate after the date described by Subdivision (A); or (2) if the benefited estate is the separate property estate of a spouse: (A) the net equity of the separate property estate in the property owned by the separate property estate as of the date of th”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re the Marriage of William

2. “the court deems just and right, having due regard for the rights of each party.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fuentes v. Zaragoza