Legal Opinion

Fowler v. Fowler

Hawaii Supreme Court

Decided March 2, 1967No. 4530PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,.

Appellee-wife was granted a divorce from appellant-husband by the trial court. There are no children of the marriage, which lasted approximately four and one-half years.

Appellant’s first contention is that the trial court abused its discretionary power in failing to evenly distribute the jointly owned property of the parties.

The division of property in a divorce proceeding will not be disturbed unless an abuse of discretion is clearly shown. Crow v. Crow, 49 Haw. 258, 414 P.2d 82; Harrah v. Harrah, 196 Kan. 142, 409 P.2d 1007; Kraus v. Kraus , Colo. -, 411 P.2d 240, 241. See…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Waters v. WatersCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1948
  2. Steiner v. SteinerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1950
  3. Loeb v. LoebCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1948
  4. Richards v. RichardsHawaii Supreme Court · 1960
  5. Spreckels v. SpreckelsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1952

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Cain v. CainHawaii Supreme Court · 1978
  2. Au-Hoy v. Au-HoyHawaii Supreme Court · 1979
  3. Farias v. FariasHawaii Supreme Court · 1977
  4. Teller v. TellerHawaii Supreme Court · 2002
  5. Au-Hoy v. Au-HoyHawaii Supreme Court · 1979

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