Dreves v. Dreves

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that trial court’s limited explanation did not support awarding wife only one-eighth of marital estate
• stating that “our need for some understanding of the trial court’s rationale is paramount” when there is significant disparity in property award
• stating that family court’s discretion in distributing marital property is not unlimited, and thus court’s findings must provide clear statement of what was decided and why
• reversing judgment awarding wife eighteen percent, compared to husband’s eighty-two percent, of marital estate in six-year marriage
• reversing judgment awarding wife eighteen percent, compared to husband's eighty-two percent, of marital estate in six-year marriage
• reversing property award where court failed to adequately explain facially 2 inequitable division apart from bare explanation that most assets were originally attributable to husband

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).