Legal Opinion

Hofstad v. Christie

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided October 7, 2010No. S-09-0246PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HILL, Justice.

[¶1] Appellant Jerald Korwin Hofstad challenges the district court's judgment equally partitioning a home owned by him and Appellee Cathryn Anne Christie as tenants in common. We affirm.

ISSUES

[¶2] Mr. Hofstad lists four issues:

1. Did the district court below commit reversible error when it applied Alaska and Montana law and treated an unmarried couple as family members for purposes of dividing real property owned jointly as tenants in common?

2. Did the district court below commit reversible error when it found unequal contributions toward the purchase price of the property,…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Moore v. City of East ClevelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. Beal v. BealOregon Supreme Court · 1978
  3. Harber v. JensenWyoming Supreme Court · 2004
  4. Piroschak v. WhelanWyoming Supreme Court · 2005
  5. Wood v. CollinsAlaska Supreme Court · 1991

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3Cited by19 opinions

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  5. Schlinger v. McGheeWyoming Supreme Court · 2012

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