Legal Opinion
Alston v. Alston
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided July 23, 1993No. 3, September Term, 1991PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELDRIDGE, Judge.
The issue before us concerns the propriety of a marital property monetary award granted in a divorce proceeding. The General Assembly has enacted a statutory scheme relating to property matters upon divorce, Maryland Code (1984, 1991 RepLVol.), §§ 8-201 to 8-205 of the Family Law Article. Pursuant to these provisions, the mechanism by which the spouses' property interests in “marital property” are to be adjusted is the “monetary award.”1 Generally, the trial court *499does not transfer ownership of any particular piece of property,2 but instead undertakes a three-step process…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Rothman v. RothmanSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1974
- Cherry v. CherryOhio Supreme Court · 1981
- Wanberg v. WanbergAlaska Supreme Court · 1983
- Murff v. MurffTexas Supreme Court · 1981
- Arvantides v. ArvantidesNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
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3Cited by34 opinions
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