Matson v. Lewis

How courts have described this case

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

• reporting that one of the primary justifications for discretionary invasion is where the non-owning spouse makes contributions to the marital community that benefit the premarital property
• affirming decision to treat jointly held parcels as marital property even though the wife had paid the down payment with her premarital assets
• intent rebutted where owner of separate property consented to joint ownership for convenience in case of her death; spouse acknowledged that property was separate by conveying it back to owner prior to divorce
• intent rebutted where owner of separate property consented to joint ownership for convenience in case of her death; spouse acknowledged that property was separate by conveying it back to owner prior to divorce

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).