45 Va. App. 682 - Robinson v. Robinson’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “I find that while Mr. Robinson clearly made all or almost all of the monetary contributions to the marriage, the wife, Mrs. Robinson, did make significant nonmonetary contributions. To me, the logical conclusion of the husband’s argument that since he could trace his monetary contributions to all of the assets of the marriage, thus they should be his, would mean that in every marriage where the wife does not work and produce income, she would not be able to share in any of the assets accumulated during the marriage. So to me, while it’s clear most of the assets of the marriage were purchased with moneys obtained solely from the husband’s trust proceeds and I would concede could be traced as contemplated by statute, it’s equally clear to me that Mrs. Robinson deserves a share in a portion of those assets based on the factors. To me, just because it came from a trust fund—the parties considered it as their income. To me, it’s just the same as if Mr. Robinson was actually earning that money on a monthly—on a yearly basis.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 46 Va. App. 652 - Robinson v. Robinson

2. “[Wife] never testified that [husband] intended to make a gift to her of those sums of money. Simple retitl[ing] in and of itself is not evidence of an intent to change unless it was a gift, and [wife] never testified it was a gift. She never testified it was done with an intent, never testified of any discussions. sk * sjc sfc % £ ... [Husband] testified it was for convenience purposes, the checking account so she could write the checks and the savings account because the bank said you have to have them the same way. If the Court believes that testimony, then we stop there. It’s his separate property.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 46 Va. App. 652 - Robinson v. Robinson

3. “the way the money was handled would allow the Court to infer intent on [husband’s] part to make a gift. Every month, the money is put into a joint checking account. [Wife] has the power to write checks for the entire amount. [Wife] could have gone to the bank and withdrawn [the entire balance], and she would have been entitled to do that. She had the right to exercise complete control over his accounts and she did so. The evidence was she paid most bills. Now, in light of those circumstances, Judge, I think the Court should consider finding these transferred from separate into marital____”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 46 Va. App. 652 - Robinson v. Robinson