Schlueter v. Schlueter’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “[A] claim of fraud on the community is a means to an end, either to recover specific property wrongfully conveyed, or ... to obtain a greater share of the community estate upon divorce, in order to compensate the wronged spouse for his or her lost interest in the community estate. In the context of a divorce and property division, fraud on the communi ty is a wrong by one spouse which the court may consider in its division of the estate of the parties and which may justify an unequal division of the property. Further ... the court may render a personal judgement against one spouse in order to effect an equitable division of the property and as a means to recoup for the defrauded spouse the value of the property lost from the estate, by reason of the wrongful acts of the other spouse. A judgement for fraud on the community, however, is not one which may stand alone in the absence of a property division pursuant to a termination of a marriage by divorce.”

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

2. “In weighing the prejudice, we must first examine the necessity for and probative effect of the evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cook v. Sabio Oil & Gas, Inc.