McArthur v. McArthur

Hunt, Justice.

We granted this application for discretionary appeal to consider whether interspousal gifts of property acquired during the marriage are subject to claims for equitable division of property. In the trial court, the wife moved for a directed verdict as to the husband’s claim for a share of the marital home. She contended the home was a gift from her husband, was thus her separate property, and not subject to equitable division. She appeals the denial of her motion and we affirm.

The parties were married in 1952 and purchased the house in question with joint funds in 1963. At the…