Legal Opinion

Baker v. Baker

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided November 19, 1981No. B2749PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

SAM ROBERTSON, Justice.

This appeal arises from a divorce terminating the twenty-one year marriage of the parties and dividing their estate. Appellant complains primarily of the property division and of the sufficiency of evidence to support submission of certain special issues to the jury. We affirm.

Appellant first contends that the trial court’s division of the parties’ property was not just and fair. We begin our consideration by noting the trial judge’s wide discretion in making a division which he deems “just and right” under Tex.Fam. Code Ann. § 3.63 (Vernon 1975). Such exercise of…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Hedtke v. HedtkeTexas Supreme Court · 1923
  2. Carle v. CarleTexas Supreme Court · 1950
  3. Murff v. MurffTexas Supreme Court · 1981
  4. Bell v. BellTexas Supreme Court · 1974
  5. Bavarian Autohaus, Inc. v. HollandCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1978

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3Cited by1 opinion

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