In Re Marriage of Dennis
Bidding procedure between parties to establish value of closely held business was error. The court cannot delegate to divorcing parties its responsibility to determine values.
In Re Marriage of Cream
Divorce court do not have the authority to order interspousal auctions of property for the purpose of fixing fair market value.
Vander Pol v. Vander Pol
Award to wife of 100% of husband’s interest in business is reversed where wife never participated and was not familiar with it.
Keaton v. Keaton
Dividing personal property by having wife prepare two lists and having husband choose erroneously delegates court’s duty of resolving division of assets.
In Re Marriage of Accurso
Awarding building to wife in which husband’s law firm is located violated the state’s policy of reducing the need for further litigation between the pariteis by severing the relationship between them.
Tribbitt v. Tribbitt
In determining wife’s earning capacity, it was error for the trial court to rely on his own internet search for availability of jobs.
Gaskill v. Robbins
Averaging the results of different valuation results was error – it was “tantamount to no method at all”.
In the Matter of Polacek v. Polacek
Court cannot delegate authority to provide visitation to a third party.
Larocka v. Larocka
Court cannot delegate authority to provide visitation to a third party.
Cesar v. Sundelin
Trial court had authority to order a divorcing spouse to not operate a business which would compete with a business awarded to husband.