by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Divorce Litigation, Valuations
Baumbouree v. Baumbouree, 2016 La. App. LEXIS 1388 (July 13, 2016). In a Louisiana divorce case, the trial court applied the value stated in a stock agreement the physician owner-spouse had entered into with his firm in the context of partition. In her appeal, the...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Divorce Litigation, Valuations
Kminek-Nierenberg v. Kenneth Nierenberg, 2016 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2015 (Sept. 8, 2016) A complex New Jersey divorce litigation with multiple defendants and several family businesses illustrates the challenges appraisers and the trial court faced in determining...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Divorce Litigation, Valuations
Grant v. Grant, 2016 Tenn. App. LEXIS 327 (May 12, 2016) Appraisers rely on clear directives from the courts to produce sound valuations, but they may not always get them. A recent Tennessee appellate ruling in a divorce dispute is a case in point. The issue was...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Divorce Litigation, Valuations
The specialty of business valuation is evolving, and one recent development is the emergence of investment value as the appropriate standard of value in some divorce cases, rather than fair market value. This trend is important to monitor to ensure your valuation...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Divorce Litigation, Valuations
A question presented in a Wisconsin case could have a far-reaching impact on divorce valuation; should salable (transferrable) personal goodwill remain in the marital estate in a divorce? The Supreme Court of Wisconsin upheld both its lower and appellate courts in...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Divorce Litigation, Valuations
Sternat v. Sternat, 2015 Wisc. App. LEXIS 776 (Oct. 28, 2015) A recent divorce case featured a noteworthy challenge to the prevailing testimony of the wife’s expert. The husband claimed the opinion of the wife’s expert was unreliable because the expert had fewer...
