27 Ark. App. 250 - Hodges v. Hodges’s Empirical Analysis

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44 state decisions

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1. “(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 distributed to one party on condition that one-half (1/2) the fair market value of the securities in money or other property be set aside and distributed to the other party in lieu of division and distribution of the securities.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sherman v. Boeckmann I · Farrell v. Farrell

2. “112Finally, appellant argues that the court erred in awarding an automobile to the parties’ daughter because she was not a party to the action. The chancellor heard testimony from both parties and the daughter regarding ownership of the automobile in question. In support of her position, appellant sets out in her brief the following language from Copeland v. Copeland, 2 Ark.App. 55 , 616 S.W.2d 773 (1981): We also agree with appellant that the chancellor erred in awarding disputed items of personal property to the son of the parties who was not himself a party to the action. Third parties may be brought into, or intervene in, divorce actions for the purpose of clearing or determining the rights of the spouses in specific properties. [Citation omitted.] In this case neither was done. However, had appellant read further, the court also stated, “The court might also have simply found that the disputed property belonged to neither contending spouse.” In the instant case, the chancellor held that all property owned by the parties should be divided equally with the exception of certain property not part of this appeal, and “a Mercury automobile which, although titled in the plaintiffs name, is in truth and in fact, the property of Michelle Hodges, the adult daughter of the parties.” The chancellor did not “award” the automobile to the daughter. He merely found that the property belonged to neither contending spouse. We find no merit in appellant’s argument.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2010 Ark. App. 12 - Wise v. Wise