Kunkel v. Kunkel’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “In considering an allegation of trial court error with respect to division of marital property, the trial court’s distribution of property will not be reversed unless the distribution is so unduly weighted in favor of one spouse that there was an abuse of discretion. Robertson v. Robertson, 3 S.W.3d 383, 384 (Mo.App.1999). “The fact that one party is awarded a higher percentage of marital assets does not per se constitute an abuse of the trial court’s discretion.” Mellon v. Mellon, 973 S.W.2d 570, 573 (Mo.App.1998). The division of marital property must be just although not necessarily equal. Robertson, supra.”

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