Section 15.12 Economic Circumstances of the Parties

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A. (§15.12) Economic Circumstances of the Parties

In Mika v. Mika, 728 S.W.2d 280 (Mo. App. E.D. 1987), overruled on other grounds byCates v. Cates, 819 S.W.2d 731, 736 (Mo. banc 1991), the Eastern District of the court of appeals examined economic circumstances and upheld a property division of roughly 84% to the wife and 16% to the husband. In Mika, the husband earned $121,000 per year, and the wife stopped working shortly after the marriage at his request. She was also unemployed at the time of the divorce. An...