MARITAL: Properties properly valued despite no final disclosure by husband prior to trial… wife bound by her filings which essentially allocated to husband certain premarital properties… $71,900 difference between husband’s ballpark figure for art and wife’s $28,100 appraised value properly attributed to husband… distribution of husband’s [Read more…]
Summary judgment, “exceptional circumstances
SUMMARY JUDGMENT: “Exceptional circumstances” justified summary denial of subdivision application without hearing… proper summary judgment standard applied… additional time for discovery properly denied… challenged affidavit with [Read more…]
Estate dissipation, daughter/elderly mother, fees
ESTATE DISSIPATION: Daughter/husband exercised undue influence over aged mother to “plunder” what should have been half-million-dollar estate… constructive trust properly imposed on property… daughter/husband converted real property… equitable fees properly awarded siblings… Harkin affirmed. [Read more…]