Teller v. Teller’s Empirical Analysis

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13 state decisions

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1. “[Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS)] § 580-47 (2006 Repl.) provides ... in relevant part, as follows: Support orders; division of property. (a) Upon granting a divorce, or thereafter if, in addition to the powers granted in subsections (e) and (d), jurisdiction of those matters is reserved under the decree by agreement of both parties or by order of court after finding that good cause exists, the court may make any further orders as shall appear just and equitable (1) compelling the parties or either of them to provide for the support, maintenance, and education of the children of the parties; (2) compelling either party to provide for the support and maintenance of the other party; (3) finally dividing and distributing the estate of the parties, real, personal, or mixed, whether community, joint, or separate; and (4) allocating, as between the parties, the responsibility for the payment of the debts of the parties whether community, joint, or separate, and the attorney’s fees, costs, and expenses incurred by each party by reason of the divorce. In making these further orders, the court shall take into consideration: the respective merits of the parties, the relative abilities of the parties, the condition in which each party will be left by the divorce, the burdens imposed upon either party for the benefit of the children of the parties, and all other circumstances of the case. [[Image here]] The Hawaii Supreme Court has stated that the foregoing statute confers “wide discretion ”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Baker v. Bielski

2. “[F]air market value, although potentially difficult to determine, is an appropriate method of valuation of [IP] so long as the information is available to make an adequate valuation.... We do not wish to foreclose the use of other valuation methodologies for [IP], In this case, values had already been set because the [IP] had been sold, thus the fair market value was the most appropriate technique. However, we can conceive of other situations where different appraisal methodologies would surpass the fair market value in accuracy. In future situations, it will be incumbent upon the party with the burden of establishing values to define the methodology utilized and why it should be employed in place of the fair market value.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jacoby v. Jacoby

3. “Despite Howard's failure to provide evidence of market value and his failure to argue why this court should depart from its policy of valuing property through fair market value, it was within the family court's discretion to review the full record to determine an equitable value.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Wintermeyer v. Wintermeyer