In Blazer v. Blazer (No. DR 38292, Aug. 25, 2009), the California Court of Appeals discusses the excess earnings method and, in particular, the myriad ways to distinguish personal from enterprise goodwill....
The Superior Court initially reversed the trial court's order, but after reargument en banc, affirmed the trial court's order allowing the estate to seek recovery of the proceeds from the ex-wife....
In this author’s opinion, the decision reflects a reasonable concern on the part of the trial judge that she could not measure the materiality of the alleged change in circumstances....
The Pennsylvania Divorce Code says that the court must consider the homemaker's contribution....
A business owner's spouse who signed a buy-sell agreement was bound by the value in a divorce action....