When a divorcing couple's finances have to be decided by a judge (which is unusual - most couples agree on a financial settlement), the judge has various factors that he is allowed to take into account.  Broadly it is up to the judge to decide which factors are relevant in a particular case and what weight to give to each of those factors.  What (s)he must do is achieve overall fairness. That means that after (s)he has carried out the initial exercise of applying the various factors (s)he mus...
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