Legal Opinion
Sample v. Sample
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided July 29, 1986No. 1 CA-CIV 8056PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRANT, Judge.
The primary issue for us to determine in this dissolution case is whether the trial court, in dividing rights to community property on remand from an appellate court, abused its discretion when it valued the property as of a date other than the date of the original divorce decree. The issue is one of first impression.
The pertinent facts are substantially uncontroverted. On April 29, 1980, Leonard E. Sample (husband) obtained a judgment of dissolution of his marriage to his wife of thirty-four years, Alice J. Sample (wife). The judgment also awarded 72,922 shares of MEI corporate…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Neely v. NeelyCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1977
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