Legal Opinion
Kirk v. Kirk
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided July 5, 1990No. 90-74-M.PPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MURRAY, Justice.
This case is before the court as a certified question of law from the Family Court. The issue is whether personal injury settlements, workers’ compensation benefits, and Social Security benefits are marital property subject to equitable distribution upon divorce pursuant to G.L.1956 (1988 Reenactment) § 15-5-16.1. Accordingly we advert to a precis of the facts in order to discuss this issue in depth.
George I. Kirk, Jr. (husband), and Jean Kirk (wife) were married on February 14, 1976. On September 8, 1986, husband filed a complaint for divorce in Family Court, asserting…
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