De Hart v. Eveleigh

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that social security benefits are relevant to contributions, necessities and circumstances, and the general principles of equity
• holding that a divorce court may consider social security benefits when formulating an equitable division of property
• holding that a trial court “may not treat social security benefits as tantamount to a marital asset,” but may “take into account, in a general sense” the extent to which those benefits bear on the factors related to property division
• holding that a trial court “may not treat social security benefits as tantamount to a marital asset,” but may “take into account, in a general sense” the extent to which those benefits bear on the factors related to property division
• “Generally, federal law does not preempt laws governing divorce or domestic relations, a legal arena belonging to the states rather than the United States.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).