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SPARKS v. SPARKS

Docket No. 90300, (Calendar No. 5).

440 Mich. 141 (1992)

485 N.W.2d 893

SPARKS v. SPARKS

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided June 30, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reider & Brown, P.C. (by Richard K. Reider), for the plaintiff.

Potuznik, Carrozza, Wilson, Hermanson & Wistrom, P.C. (by Denis V. Potuznik and Kevin T. Wistrom), for the defendant.

Amicus Curiae:

Katherine L. Barnhart, P.C. (by Katherine L. Barnhart), and Williams, Schaefer, Ruby & Williams, P.C. (by James P. Cunningham), for State Bar of Michigan, Family Law Section.

CAVANAGH, C.J.

In this divorce case we are asked to consider the element of fault as it relates to the division of marital assets. While marital misconduct remains one of the considerations for establishing the division of property, it is only one of several relevant factors that the trial court must consider to reach an equitable division. In this case we are left with the firm conviction that the award was inequitable because disproportionate weight was ascribed...

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