Gussin v. Gussin

2 Citing cases

  1. EPP v. EPP

    80 Haw. 79 (Haw. Ct. App. 1995)   Cited 23 times
    Interpreting Haw. Rev. Stat. § 580–47 (West 1993)

    To the extent, if any, that Richards requires the non-owner marital partner to prove that he or she contributed to the accumulation of the Category 2 and Category 5 NMVs of the other marital partner's Marital Partnership Property before he or she has a meritorious claim to an equitable share of it, Richards has been superseded by the Partnership Model. The following principle enunciated by this court in Gussin v. Gussin, 9 Haw. App. 279, 288-89, 836 P.2d 498, 504-05 (1991), rev'd, 73 Haw. 470, 836 P.2d 484 (1992), remains valid. Marital partner A's during-the-marriage management and maintenance of marital partner A's premarital investment properties are marital partnership activities.

  2. Jackson v. Jackson

    84 Haw. 319 (Haw. Ct. App. 1997)   Cited 35 times
    Holding that the “shortness” of a marriage was not a VARC

    To the extent, if any, that Richards [v. Richards, 44 Haw. 491, 355 P.2d 188 (1960),] requires the nonowner marital partner to prove that he or she contributed to the accumulation of the Category 2 and Category 5 NMVs of the other marital partner's Marital Partnership Property before he or she has a meritorious claim to an equitable share of it, Richards has been superseded by the Partnership Model. The following principle enunciated by this court in Gussin v. Gussin, 9 Haw. App. 279, 288-89, 836 P.2d 498, 504-05 (1991), rev'd, 73 Haw. 470, 836 P.2d 484, (1992), remains valid. Marital partner A's during-the-marriage management and maintenance of marital partner A's premarital investment properties are marital partnership activities.