Yasmine S. Hamad v. Sammy N. Hamad

How courts have described this case

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• analyzing whether evidence proved that separate property commingled with marital property was traceable
• noting “[e]quitable distribution involves three distinct decisions: classification, valuation, and distribution”
• noting “[e]quitable distribution involves three distinct decisions: classification, valuation, and distribution”
• \This bell-shaped curve of reasonability governing our appellate review rests on the venerable belief that the judge closest to the contest is the judge best able to discern where the equities lie.\
• “Th[e] bell-shaped curve of reasonability [underlying the abuse of discretion standard] rests on the venerable belief that the judge closest to the contest is the judge best able to discern where the equities lie.”
• “The court correctly acknowledged the general principle that the valuation should correspond to the evidentiary hearing and never suggested otherwise. The trial court did not make a conscious decision to . . . disfavor more current information.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).