Brandt v. Brandt

1988

Venue: Wis. Ct. App.

Facts: Post-nuptial agreement to preserve the Opel car fortune. The couple comingles assets, and then gets divorce.

Posture: Appeal regarding the property division provisions of a divorce judgment.

Issue: Is the division equitable?

Holding: We're not going to change it.

Rule: If the assets can't be traced, you go with marital property.

Reasoning: This is really just here to show that gender equality cuts both ways.

Dicta: