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LACEY v. LACEY

No. 20.

45 Wis.2d 378 (1970)

173 N.W.2d 142

LACEY, Respondent, v. LACEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided January 9, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs and oral argument by John G. Barsness of Madison.

For the respondent there was a brief and oral argument by David C. Pappas of Madison.

ROBERT W. HANSEN, J.

In objecting to the division of property in this divorce case, the husband cites the 1914 case in which this court suggested: "... a clear third of the whole is a liberal allowance to the wife, ..."1

This statement has been repeated so often in subsequent decisions that one well-respected law text concludes that Wisconsin, alone among all states, has adopted one third of the marital estate to the wife as the...

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