Moore v. Moore

I join the Per Curiam opinion and judgment of the court. I agree that the wife was not entitled to a directed verdict as against the husband’s claim for equitable division of property. However, I have some problem visualizing facts which would authorize a jury to award, as equitable division of property, a husband $43,200 (computed at the rate of $600 per month for 6 years) for services rendered by the husband to the wife during the marriage.

I write this concurring opinion to dispel any fears raised by the use of the scare words “community property” in the specially concurring opinion. Eight…