In Re Marriage of Kastelic v. Kastelic
No abuse of discretion in ordering wife to sell home after she finishes her education.
In Re Marriage of Duffy v. Duffy
Trial court affirmed for awarding home to wife despite testimony by husband’s psychiatrist that living in the house would benefit husband because he enjoys gardening and household tasks. These could be done at other locations.
Jones v. Estate of Jones
Where prenuptial agreement waived homestead protection, husband did not need to approve subsequent transfer of ownership. Homestead protection can be waived in a prenuptial agreement.
Spheeris v. Spheeris
A wife who has given birth and raised three children has made a significant contribution to the acquisition of the family’s estate.
Wahl v. Wahl
It would be an abuse of discretion for this court to require the mother to take employment when her time should be devoted to providing a proper family life for her four children.
Bussewitz v. Bussewitz
The contribution of a full time homemaker housewife may be considered greater than, or at least as great as, that of a working wife.
In Re Marriage of Jasper v. Jasper
The contribution of a full-time homemaker may be considered greater than, or at least as great as, that of a working spouse in dividing property upon divorce.
In Re Marriage of Thorpe v. Thorpe
Finding that each party contributed to the marriage is not clearly erroneous where no children were born, but wife took care of house.
In Re Marriage of Hokin v. Hokin
Use of a coverture fraction to divide a retirement plan may be appropriate, but not in this case because the trial court considered the husband’s financial contributions to be greater than the wife’s contributions as homemaker and primary child caretaker.
Rotter v. Rotter
The court had authority to order husband to pay wife’s medical expenses where he did not cooperate in the conversion of health insurance coverage as required by the divorce judgment.