Legal Opinion

In re the Marriage of Jones

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided November 16, 1989No. 88CA0561PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge HUME.

David Jones (husband) appeals the property distribution portion of a judgment dissolving his marriage to Patricia L. Jones (wife). We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand with directions.

During the parties’ eleven-year marriage, the wife became the beneficiary of a testamentary trust created under the will of her deceased mother. The will named the wife and her father as primary beneficiaries of the trust and designated wife’s father and a bank as co-trustees. The trustees are granted absolute discretion to distribute as *1174much of the trust income and principal as…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. In Re Marriage of GalloSupreme Court of Colorado · 1988
  2. In re the Marriage of GrubbSupreme Court of Colorado · 1987
  3. Brodak v. BrodakCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1982
  4. In Re Marriage of WildinColorado Court of Appeals · 1977
  5. Marriage of Arneson v. ArnesonCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1984

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. In Re Marriage of JonesSupreme Court of Colorado · 1991
  2. In Re the Marriage of BurfordColorado Court of Appeals · 2001
  3. In Re Marriage of JonesSupreme Court of Colorado · 1991

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