Opinion

Solomon v. Solomon

  • 531 Pa. 113
  • 611 A.2d 686
  • 1992 Pa. LEXIS 373
Court
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Filed
Jun 17, 1992
Status
Published
Author
Larsen
On the bench
Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, Zappala, Anos, Cappy, Papadakos
Cited by
27 cases

holding that one-half of wife’s irrevocable trust was non-marital to the extent that her interest was not yet vested

How later courts described this case

  • holding that one-half of wife’s irrevocable trust was non-marital to the extent that her interest was not yet vested
  • Superior Court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to remand case to trial court for revising valuation of marital assets relative to the date of distribution, even though assets were valued as of the date of separation, where Wife did not proffer up-dated values of the assets
  • Trust fund settled on wife prior to marriage may not be considered for purpose of increase in value until the amount settled becomes vested in the wife
  • portion of trust fund was not marital property where wife had no right to it during the marriage and it was not in exchange for marital property

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

ROLF LARSEN, Justice,

dissenting.

I dissent and would affirm the Superior Court Order.

PAPADAKOS, J., joins this dissenting statement.

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