45 Va. App. 17 - Ranney v. Ranney’s Empirical Analysis

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19 state decisions

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1. “E. The amount of any division or transfer of jointly owned marital property, and the amount of any monetary award, the apportionment of marital debts, and the method of payment shall be determined by the court after consideration of the following factors: 1. The contributions, monetary and nonmonetary, of each party to the well-being of the family; 2. The contributions, monetary and nonmonetary, of each party in the acquisition and care and maintenance of such marital property of the parties; 3. The duration of the marriage; 4. The ages and physical and mental condition of the parties; 5. The circumstances and factors which contributed to the dissolution of the marriage, specifically including any ground for divorce under the provisions of subdivisions (1), (3) or (6) of § 20-91 or § 20-95; 6. How and when specific items of such marital property were acquired; 7. The debts and liabilities of each spouse, the basis for such debts and liabilities, and the property which may serve as security for such debts and liabilities; 8. The liquid or nonliquid character of all marital property; 9. The tax consequences to each party; 10. The use or expenditure of marital property by either of the parties for a nonmarital separate purpose or the dissipation of such funds, when such was done in anticipation of divorce or separation or after the last separation of the parties; and 11. Such other factors as the court deems necessary or appropriate to consider in order to arrive at a fair and e”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 52 Va. App. 644 - McIlwain v. McIlwain

2. “The court shall classify property as part marital property and part separate property as follows: When marital property and separate property are commingled by contributing one category of property to another, resulting in the loss of identity of the contributed property, the classification of the contributed property shall be transmuted to the category of property receiving the contribution. However, to the extent the contributed property is retraceable by a preponderance of the evidence and was not a gift, such contributed property shall retain its original classification.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 55 Va. App. 286 - Duva v. Duva

3. “(i) all property titled in the names of both parties, whether as joint tenants, tenants by the entirety or otherwise, except as provided by [the subdivision governing part marital part separate property], (ii) that part of any property classified as marital pursuant to [the subdivision governing part marital part separate property], or (iii) all other property acquired by each party during the marriage which is not separate property as defined above.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 59 Va. App. 274 - Stevens v. Stevens