Legal Opinion · Dissent

Collins v. Wassell.

Hawaii Supreme Court

Decided February 28, 2014No. SCWC-30070Published

1Dissent

Dissenting Opinion by

POLLACK, J.

The majority holds that a couple who expressly decide not to marry in order to obtain financial advantages, who agree for this reason to keep separate financial identities while cohabiting, who make this agreement to preserve significant financial aid from two colleges and to ensure that the non-parent is not financially responsible for the college education cost of the other’s children, nevertheless created a premarital economic partnership.

The result of this holding means that whenever a couple cohabit before marriage and share some undefined level of…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Marvin v. MarvinCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976
  2. Beal v. BealOregon Supreme Court · 1978
  3. In Re Kauai Electric Division of Citizens Utilities Co.Hawaii Supreme Court · 1978
  4. Carson v. CarsonHawaii Supreme Court · 1967
  5. Lewis v. LewisHawaii Supreme Court · 1988

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