· 4/15/1886
Jaffe v. Krum
Citations
- 88 Mo. 669
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- noting that parties had been married twenty-three years and that husband had been employed almost fourteen years with his current employer, through which he had a vested pension
- explaining that, when a trial court chooses to deviate from the Hodgins formula, it must state its reasons for doing so and make specific findings and rulings supporting its decision
- court, in the exercise of its equitable powers, need not strictly apply common law formula to value pensions
- explaining method to distribute portion of benefits when actually received
- discussing use of similar method in pension cases
- describing Hodgins as a “default formula”
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