Martinez v. Martinez

Karen and Jess Martinez married in 1968 with only high school educations; while raising three children born between 1970 and 1975, Jess completed a bachelor's degree and then attended medical school from 1977 to 1981, financing his education without Karen's direct assistance. When the couple later divorced, the intermediate appellate court instructed the trial court to fashion an award of equitable restitution to Karen to compensate her for the intangible contributions she made toward Jess's obtaining his medical degree, and the case reached the Utah Supreme Court.