Pierce v. Pierce is an unpublished Court of Appeals opinion from June 2021. After Husband appealed an equitable distribution award, Wife retained me to (successfully) defend the appeal.
The primary issue on appeal was the valuation of Husband’s business property. The Court of Appeals affirmed that the family court did not error in failing to qualify Husband’s appraiser (who primarily appraised residential real estate) as an expert. It further affirmed that the family court could properly give greater weight to the opinion of Wife’s appraiser in valuing the commercial real estate. Finally, the Court of Appeals affirmed that the family court had not made math errors in its equitable distribution award.
Don’t forget the “why” questions
I’ve recently been preparing for a number of custody trials while also working on a number of appeals I’ve inherited from trial counsel.
Do you prefer pop quizzes or open book exams?
A sizable minority of my clients still prefer the telephone over email to get their questions answered. I certainly understand the desire of
In contested custody litigation, there’s no downside to kindness
One of the quickest, easiest, and most effective “fixes” I can counsel my clients to do in contested custody litigation is to be
