Legal Opinion
Larsen-Ball v. Ball
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided January 14, 2010No. E2007-02220-SC-R11-CVPublishedCited by 46 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · HolderJanice M. Holder, C.J.
in which CORNELIA A. CLARK and WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., JJ„ and DONALD P. HARRIS, SP.J., joined.
This case requires us to construe Tennessee Code Annotated section 36-4-121(b)(1)(A) to determine whether a $17 million attorney fee acquired by Husband after Wife filed a complaint for divorce but before the final divorce hearing is “marital property” and therefore subject to equitable division. The trial court classified the attorney fee as marital property and awarded approximately sixty percent of the marital estate to Husband and forty percent to Wife. The Court of Appeals affirmed the…
3Cases cited15 opinions
- State v. OdomTennessee Supreme Court · 1996
- Owens v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1995
- In re C.K.G.Tennessee Supreme Court · 2005
- Stewart v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 2000
- Blackburn v. BlackburnTennessee Supreme Court · 2008
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4Cited by46 opinions
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