Opinion

Wilson v. Wilson

  • 294 Ark. 194
  • 741 S.W.2d 640
  • 1987 Ark. LEXIS 2465
  • 1987 WL 24746
Court
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Filed
Dec 21, 1987
Status
Published
Author
Purtle
On the bench
Alex G. Streett
Cited by
58 cases
Authority
More cited than 8.1%

holding that whether goodwill is marital property is a factual question and that a party, to establish goodwill as marital property and divisible as such, must produce evidence establishing the salability or marketability of that goodwill as a business asset of a professional practice

How later courts described this case

  • holding that whether goodwill is marital property is a factual question and that a party, to establish goodwill as marital property and divisible as such, must produce evidence establishing the salability or marketability of that goodwill as a business asset of a professional practice
  • court found trial court erred in the award of certain property interests, and in reversing, directed the trial court to consider the alimony issue since any adjustment of the property might also affect the trial court’s earlier decision on alimony
  • cash bonus earned during marriage was marital property
  • “[A]ppellee’s employment agreement with [his employer] required the company to pay appellee an incentive bonus based on his productivity and the profitability of the company.” (Emphasis in original.)

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Hickman and Purtle, JJ., concur (see Meinholz v. Meinholz, 283 Ark. 509 , 678 S.W.2d 348 (1984)).

Special Justice Charles Walker joins in the opinion.

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