Gerkens v. Gerkens

Citations

• 2026 Ohio 1161

Syllabus

Where trial court finds that an equal division of property is equitable, it abuses its discretion by overruling objection to magistrate decision and finding that the value of the marital property is the stipulated value, but where the record shows that the stipulated value was based on a mutual mistake, resulting in the husband being required to pay an extra $120,000. Trial court erred in finding that husband's mother's $40,000 payment towards marital liabilities was not debt that should be accounted for.