Open AccessThe Marital Home: Equal or Equitable Distribution?
Author(s) -
Martha F. Davis
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
the university of chicago law review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.498
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1939-859X
pISSN - 0041-9494
DOI - 10.2307/1599533
Subject(s) - distribution (mathematics) , demographic economics , economics , sociology , mathematics , mathematical analysis
Courts1 and commentators2 are increasingly concerned with the treatment of the marital home8 upon divorce. In part, this reflects a recognition of divorce's impact on children.4 A child's best interests5 are often served by remaining in the marital home, near friends and school, rather than by moving to unfamiliar surroundings.' Special consideration of the home is also fueled by the general trend to limit periodic payments, such as alimony and child support, and to consolidate the entire monetary settlement into
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