In Re the Marriage of Freedman

The marriage of Robert Freedman and Cecilia Freedman was dissolved in January 1977. Robert has appealed the property division and the award of maintenance on grounds that the trial court abused its discretion. Robert makes several claims of error, but the only one having precedential value, and which is published here, is that the trial court erred when it evaluated his law practice at $100,000. Robert claims that this amount represents an improper inclusion of goodwill in determining the value of community assets.

The parties were married several years before the husband finished law school;…