Legal Opinion · Dissent

In Re the Marriage of Hadley

Washington Supreme Court

Decided June 9, 1977No. 44308Published

1DissentHorowitz, J.

(dissenting) — The wife (Claudette Hadley), who is now totally disabled, invokes the jurisdiction of this court to review the property distribution provisions of the dissolution decree. The ultimate contention made by the wife, to use the words of DeRuwe v. DeRuwe, 72 Wn.2d 404, 409, 433 P.2d 209 (1967), a divorce case, is: "the husband came out of the marriage with too great a share and the wife too little."

The parties recognize we cannot disturb the trial court's decree unless the evidence in the case shows the court's "discretion has been exercised upon a ground, or to an extent, clearly…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. United States v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  2. Friedlander v. FriedlanderWashington Supreme Court · 1972
  3. Baker v. BakerWashington Supreme Court · 1972
  4. Hamlin v. MerlinoWashington Supreme Court · 1954
  5. Leonard v. Washington Employers, Inc.Washington Supreme Court · 1969

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