If you’re counting that…
Dec 4th, 2009 by Adrienne Keith
The first story on this page is a synopsis of case in North Dakota
where that state’s Supreme Court is considering whether the $5,000 that Erik Isaacson spent on breast implants for his wife should be counted in their divorce settlement.
What I’d like to know is: How would you value implants? Fair market value upon resale? That’s likely to be minimal. Is there an argument that Ms. Isaacson’s earnings would be higher? Unlikely unless she’s in one of a very small subset of professions. Puzzling as these questions are, first the court has to decide whether it should even “go there” at all. I bet the briefs (ha, ha) are a good read.