The court granted divorce, parenting, support, property, and tort relief, reassigned the family home 75/25 to the respondent, and awarded damages for battery.
The court refused summary dismissal and a vexatious-litigant order, finding triable issues about trust, partnership, fiduciary duty, and oppression claims.
The Court dismissed the appeals because the trial judge applied correct legal principles and his discretionary factual findings (credibility, classification of assets, unequal division under s.13 of the Matrimonial Property Act due to the appellant's surreptitious withdrawal of $200,000, denial of spousal support given the short non-integrated marriage and appellant's financial independence, and approval of remote testimony under the Rules and inherent jurisdiction in pandemic conditions) were entitled to deference; unjust enrichment claims were unnecessary where the Act governed, valuation w…
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Unequal division of matrimonial property
Spousal support (compensatory and non-compensatory)
The court dismissed an appeal from a master’s refusal to allow further amendment of pleadings, finding the proposed notice of civil claim was prolix and contrary to the Civil Rules.