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Pickering v. Pickering

Citations

  • 706 N.W.2d 835
  • 268 Mich. App. 1

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that under MCL 552.18(1), “[a] right to vested pension benefits accrued by a party during the marriage must be considered part of the marital estate subject to award upon divorce”
  • stating that funds meant to compensate a party for pain and suffering are generally not marital property
  • stating that separate assets may “transform into marital property if they are commingled with marital assets and ‘treated by the parties as marital property’ ”
  • stating that funds meant to compensate a party for pain and suffering are generally not marital property
  • noting that “QDROs routinely contain provisions designating an ex-spouse to survivorship rights in a former spouse’s pension
  • indicating that the court was required to grant a specific term of parenting time at the request of a father already granted “reasonable and liberal” parenting time

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Judges: Hoekstra, Jansen, Kelly

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