Read the full judgment text of FCMC 1567/2006 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 30 May 2014 before Sharon D. Melloy.
Matrimonial Causes – Ancillary Relief – Matrimonial Home – Trust – Dissipation of Assets – Sale of Property – Division of Proceeds – Costs – Parties married 1987 separated 2002 – Matrimonial home purchased 1987 – Husband unemployed gambled pension – Wife employed Vice Principal – Whether home held on trust – No trust found home jointly held asset – Timing of sale – Delayed until September 2017 for son's education – Dissipation – Yardstick of equality departed from – Division – 55% Wife 45% Husband – Costs – No order as to costs
Legal issues: Trust · Computation of assets · Timing of sale · Dissipation of assets · Division of proceeds
Outcome: Ancillary relief orders made. Sale of property ordered. Division of proceeds 55% Wife, 45% Husband. No costs.