West v. West’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 1 district · 30 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “(1) determine what of the parties’ property is marital and what is nonmarital, including the contributions each may have made to the acquisition of the marital property, recognizing the contribution of a spouse as a homemaker; (2) set apart to each that spouse’s nonmar-ital property; and (3) divide the marital property between them in such proportion as the court deems just.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Williams v. Williams · Fitch v. Fitch

2. “2. Definition. For purposes of this section only, “marital property” means all property acquired by either spouse subsequent to the marriage, except: A. Property acquired by gift, bequest, devise or descent; B. Property acquired in exchange for property acquired prior to the marriage or in exchange for property acquired by gift, bequest, devise or descent; C. Property acquired by a spouse after a decree of legal separation; D. Property excluded by valid agreement of the parties; and E. The increase in value of the property acquired prior to. the marriage. 3. Acquired subsequent to marriage. All property acquired by either spouse subsequent to the marriage and prior to a decree of legal separation is presumed to be marital property regardless of whether title is held individually or by the spouses in some form of co-ownership such as joint tenancy, tenancy in common, tenancy by the entirety and community property. The presumption of marital property is overcome by a showing that the property was acquired by a method listed in subsection 2.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fitch v. Fitch

3. “A. Property acquired by gift, bequest, devise or descent; B. Property acquired in exchange for property acquired prior to the marriage or in exchange for property acquired by gift, bequest, devise or descent; C. Property acquired by a spouse after a decree of legal separation; D. Property excluded by valid agreement of the parties; and E. The increase in value of property acquired prior to the marriage.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Long v. Long