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Marital, failure to file disclosures

February 7, 2026 By lilly

MARITAL: Attempt to set aside decree because the parties neglected to file final disclosures properly rejected as another attempt to impede wife’s effort to enforce it… wife entitled to attorney fees for frivolous appeal… Gilbert affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Erin Harris, Kevin Brown, Mars Scott

Marital, property maintenance/construction contributions

November 30, 2024 By lilly

MARITAL: Failure to consider husband’s property maintenance/construction contributions resulted in inequitable 80% award of jointly held property valued at $1,450,000 to wife… Coffman reversed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Mars Scott, Matthew Cochenour, Penni Chisholm

Marital, Hollywood assistant director maintenance mod

April 9, 2022 By lilly

MARITAL: Hollywood assistant director’s request to modify spousal maintenance properly denied… Gilbert affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Erin Harris, Jason Scott, Kevin Brown, Mars Scott

Marital, $750,000 maintenance v. $21 million sought

June 8, 2019 By lilly

MARITAL: Maintenance of $750,000 over 5 years properly awarded v. requested $21 million over 35 years… Larson affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Dennis Lind, Jason Scott, Mars Scott

Marital, common law female/female dissolution

March 9, 2019 By lilly

MARITAL: Common law marriage found between 2 women from 1999 when their 1st child was conceived with donated sperm… biological mother awarded child support, maintenance, $100,000 plus $110,000 attorney fees… Halligan. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, State Trial Courts Tagged With: Mars Scott, Susan Ridgeway

Marital, maintenance modification, attorney husband

August 11, 2018 By lilly

MARITAL: Absent maintenance modification details in settlement agreement, modification properly denied unemployed corporate attorney under §40-4-208 “unconscionable” framework. . . wife properly awarded attorney fees for enforcement of agreement. . . Langton affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Jamie McKittrick, Jason Scott, Mars Scott, Thomas Stanton

Marital, post-decree motions to effectuate decree

June 30, 2018 By lilly

MARITAL: Post-Decree motions properly granted to effectuate terms of Decree. . . Larson affirmed (IOR I-3(c)). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Jane Cowley, Jason Scott, Kyle Cunningham, Mars Scott

Marital, property/maintenance, $5,747,302 estate

March 10, 2018 By lilly

MARITAL: Property and maintenance properly awarded in dissolution of long-term marriage with $5,747,302 estate. . . Desmond/Deschamps affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Dennis Lind, Mars Scott

Marital, mega-estate, premarital assets

March 11, 2017 By lilly

MARITAL: Premarital assets properly included in mega-estate, which was then equitably distributed… Allison affirmed (IOR I-3(c)). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Anna Conley, David Cotner, Mars Scott

Marital, imputed income, past gifts from mother

January 2, 2016 By lilly

MARITAL: $100,000/yr income properly imputed to husband, but $75,000 improperly imputed for support/ maintenance purposes based on past gifts from mother (1st impression)… Lympus affirmed, reversed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Brian Muldoon, Mars Scott, Matthew Neill

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