Matter of Marriage of Massee

How courts have described this case

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

• stating same under former ORS 19.125(4) (1995), renumbered as ORS 19.415(4) (1997)
• applying OEC 308 to the presumption of equal contribution provided in ORS 107.105(1)(f) (1997)
• using common dictionary definition of term where no defi- nition was provided in statute
• “Ahomemaker spouse contributes to the acquisition of marital assets, because the performance of domestic tasks by one spouse frees the other spouse to devote energy and concentration to other tasks that may generate marital assets.”
• “It is not proper for the court to focus solely on either the duration of the marriage or the extent to which the parties commingle their financial affairs when dividing marital property.”
• “[T]here is no difference in kind, analytically, between husband’s con- tribution to the acquisition of the marital assets at issue here and wife’s homemaker contribution to that acquisition. The only difference may be one of magnitude.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).