2012 Ark. App. 122 - Dew v. Dew’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
22
cited by 22 later decisions
2
states following
February 2024
most recently cited
22 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Skokos v. Skokos · Brown v. Tucker · 82 Ark. App. 47 - Cole v. Cole · 2010 Ark. App. 525 - Friend v. Friend · Richardson v. Richardson
Most-quoted passages
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“(a) At the time a divorce decree is entered. (1)(A) All marital property shall be distributed one-half (1/2) to each party unless the court finds such a division to be inequitable. In that event the court shall make some other division that the court deems equitable taking into consideration. (i) The length of the marriage, (ii) Age, health, and station in life of the parties, 17(iii) Occupation of the parties, (iv) Amount and sources of income, (v) Vocational skills, (vi) Employability, (vii) Estate, liabilities, and needs of each party and opportunity of each for further acquisition of capital assets and income, (viii) Contribution of each party in acquisition, preservation, or appreciation of marital property, including services as a homemaker, and (ix) The federal income tax: consequences of the court’s division of property. (B) When property is divided pursuant to the foregoing considerations the court must state its basis and reasons for not dividing the marital property equally between the parties, and the basis and reasons should be recited in the order entered in the matter, [[Image here]] (4) When stocks, bonds, or other securities issued by a corporation, association, or government entity make up part of the marital property, the court shall designate in its final order or judgment the specific property in securities to which each party is entitled, or after determining the fair market value of the securities, may order and adjudge that the securities be distribute”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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