419 Pa. Super. 464 - Powers v. Powers’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “Although the trial court did not set forth its rationale in an exhaustive opinion, the court did provide the parties and this court with the reasons for its decision. The trial court after considering detailed testimony from the parties, stated, in making its decision, that it considered the “relevant 3502 factors of the Domestic Relations Code in distributing the marital assets.” The court ultimately focused on husband’s higher earnings [as well as other similar considerations] in shaping its award which granted wife slightly more than 50% of the marital assets. [W]e find no reason[, and appellant offers none,] to suggest that the court ignored any relevant factors, and ... the court has provided just reason for its disposition of the marital property____”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 449 Pa. Super. 179 - Carney v. Carney