In Re Marriage of Liebich

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing “the act of placing gifts or inheritances received by one spouse into joint ownership and/or commingling the same with other marital assets is not controlling in deciding whether the property should be divided as a marital asset”
• affirming the district court’s order granting sole legal custody to the father, as the mother was incapable of supporting the child’s relationship with the father
• observing the act of placing gifts received by one spouse into joint ownership is not a conclusive factor in deciding whether the property should be divided as a marital asset
• “Placing inherited property into joint ownership does not, in and of itself, destroy the separate character of the property.” (citing In re Hoffman, 493 N.W.2d 84, 89 (Iowa Ct. App. 1992))
• “[I]t is important to note inherited property may be divided as marital property where nondivision would be unjust.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).