Section 15.22 Professional Degrees

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F. (§15.22) Professional Degrees

Professional degrees, per se, are not considered property subject to the dissolution of marriage law. Roark v. Roark, 694 S.W.2d 912 (Mo. App. E.D. 1985); see alsoSullivan v. Sullivan, 159 S.W.3d 529 (Mo. App. W.D. 2005). Nor do the cases consider that there is an increase in “human capital” attributable to the acquisition of a professional degree or of board certification in a medical specialty that can be ascribed to have a value and be considered as an asset in the...