Potthoff v. Potthoff

OPINION

JACOBSON, Judge.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the trial court correctly determined that property acquired by the husband prior to marriage could be distributed upon dissolution of the marriage as community property.

This action was instituted by appellee, Gertrude J. Potthoff, (wife) by filing a petition for dissolution of her marriage to appellant, Dr. Herbert B. Potthoff (husband). Following an extended trial, the trial court entered a minute entry dissolving the marriage and declared the parties’ respective interests in various properties owned by them, including a…