Legal Opinion

Wright v. Wright

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided April 26, 1990No. 16317Published

1Opinion of the Court

HOGAN, Judge.

In this dissolution of marriage case, the question on appeal is whether the trial court’s division of marital property is so manifestly disproportionate as to constitute an abuse of discretion. Believing that the division of marital property is so disproportionate as to be manifestly inequitable and an abuse of discretion, we modify the trial court’s judgment and enter such judgment as that court should have entered. Rule 84.14.

Petitioner Jack A. Wright, to whom we shall refer as the plaintiff, was married to respondent Mary E. Wright, to whom we shall refer as the defendant, on…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Nastasio v. CinnamonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1956
  2. In Re the Marriage of HeddyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1976
  3. Hopkins v. HopkinsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
  4. In Re Marriage of SchulzMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979
  5. Marriage of Norman v. NormanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980

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