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Appeals Court Considers Whether 'Triangular Parcel' Should Count Toward Divorce Buyout
Summary
In Goncalves v. Goncalves the appeals panel heard argument over whether a small triangular parcel was correctly included in the marital property valuation and whether the trial court properly credited mortgage payments, improvements and litigation costs. Appellate briefs and oral argument focused on appraisal methodology and equitable offsets.
The Massachusetts Appeals Court considered an appeal from a partition order that included a small, oddly shaped "triangular parcel" in the marital property valuation. Appellant Felicia Jacques, through counsel Michael Cosentino, argued the trial court erred by combining that parcel with primary improved parcels, inflating the buyout price and denying the wife reimbursement for mortgage payments, capital…
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