Cook v. Cook’s Empirical Analysis

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13 state decisions

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1. ““The valuation of assets and the determination of net worth are two important steps which must be made by the District Courts in the apportionment process . . . From these determinations, a basis is provided from which a District Court may make, or an appellate court may decide, that an apportionment is equitable. Without these determinations, the equitable distribution of marital assets amounts only to guesswork. This case must, therefore, be remanded to the District Court so that the parties’ marital estate may be distributed on this basis. “By our decision today, we . . . intend only to reemphasize the importance of taking certain preliminary steps before property is distributed. Where parties cannot agree as to the value of a particular asset, we further encourage counsel to provide ample testimony for the District Court regarding values ...””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Collett v. Collett