Questão jurídica principal
What valuation date applies to the husband's sole proprietorship in the matrimonial property settlement, and may its business value be treated as earnings from work?
Decisão extraída
The sole proprietorship's value is not to be equated with labor income; it must be valued at the time of the matrimonial property settlement, not by using an earlier tax-reviewed balance sheet merely because it is the last one checked by the tax authorities.
Fundamentação extraída
The court distinguished business value as a snapshot of assets minus liabilities from earned income. For assets in matrimonial property, Art. 214(1) ZGB requires valuation at the time of settlement, and in judicial proceedings this is the date of judgment. The lower court therefore applied the wrong legal standard.