Legal Opinion

Henderson v. Henderson

Utah Supreme Court

Decided March 13, 1978No. 15074PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HALL, Justice:

The trial court granted both parties a decree of divorce. Defendant appeals only from the provisions thereof which award custody of their five children and approximately two-thirds of the property accumulated to plaintiff. Affirmed. No costs awarded.

The defendant contends that she is equally qualified as a custodial parent and hence should have been afforded a preference in the award of three of the five minor children. She also contends that equity requires a more equal division of the marital property.

The evidence elicited at trial was that the parties had been married for…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Steiger v. SteigerUtah Supreme Court · 1956
  2. Sampsell v. HoltUtah Supreme Court · 1949
  3. Hyde v. HydeUtah Supreme Court · 1969
  4. Smith v. SmithUtah Supreme Court · 1977
  5. Arends v. ArendsUtah Supreme Court · 1974

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Hutchison v. HutchisonUtah Supreme Court · 1982
  2. Jorgensen v. JorgensenUtah Supreme Court · 1979
  3. Lembach v. CoxUtah Supreme Court · 1981
  4. Thorpe v. JensenCourt of Appeals of Utah · 1991
  5. Jorgensen v. JorgensenUtah Supreme Court · 1979

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