· 7/17/1990
Bettinger v. Bettinger
Citations
- 396 S.E.2d 709
- 183 W. Va. 528
- 10 A.L.R. 5th 944
- 1990 W. Va. LEXIS 141
How courts have described this case
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- holding that tax liabilities too speculative unless sale of tax-liable account actually occurs
- holding that “[t]he purpose of W.Va.Code, 48-2-13(a)(4)(1986), is to enable a spouse who does not have financial resources to obtain reimbursement for costs and attorney’s fees [incurred] during the course of the litigation.” (Emphasis added)
- holding where the value of an equitable distribution asset is payable over a term of years, interest should be paid at the going rate in the absence of some special hardship factor shown by the obligor
- mentioning in passing that the husband’s interest in a medical corporation had no goodwill
- mentioning in passing that the husband's interest in a medical corporation had no goodwill
- upholding a trial court award that ordered the husband to pay the wife her sizable marital share of the husband’s illiquid interest in corporate stock in monthly installments over a ten-year period
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Judges: Miller
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