Marriage of West v. West

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• concluding that dissipation was clearly demonstrated by the record when, notwithstanding the family’s prior “hard work, frugality, and sound fiscal management,” the husband spent almost $300,000 in the year following the parties’ separation
• dissipation consists of spending marital assets “for the principal purpose of reducing the funds available for equitable distribution”
• After the “party making the allegation ... establishes a pri-ma facie case that monies have been dissipated, ... the burden shifts to the party who spent the money to produce evidence sufficient to show that the expenditures were appropriate.”
• defining dissipation of marital assets

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).