Stapleton v. Stapleton

Citations

• 2022 Ohio 3018

Syllabus

DIVORCE — DIVISION OF PROPERTY — SPOUSAL SUPPORT — R.C. 3105.171 — R.C. 3105.18(C)(1): In a divorce case, the trial court did not err as a matter of law or abuse its discretion when it awarded full ownership of the marital businesses to husband where the court properly applied R.C. 3105.171 and provided a comprehensive explanation as to why its allocation of the marital business with a zero net value, as determined by uncontroverted expert testimony, was part of an equitable if not equal division of property. The trial court did not err as a matter of law or abuse its discretion by declining to award spousal support to wife after a long-duration marriage where the court properly considered all the income the husband would derive due to his full ownership of the marital businesses, and carefully considered all the factors set forth in R.C. 3105.18(C)(1) as applied to the circumstances of the case, including the precarious state of the marital businesses, wife's strong work history, and the substantial investable assets awarded wife.