Meno v. Meno

TERPUTAC, J.,

The narrow issue before the court is whether an innocent spouse, under circumstances where the husband is alleged to have wrongfully appropriated some but not all of the property and assets held by the husband and wife as tenants by the entireties, may restrict or limit partition to the precise assets so appropriated, or may the wrongdoing spouse legally compel partition of all of the entireties assets.

The basic facts are not seriously disputed. The parties to this action are Margaret Meno as wife and Nick Meno as husband. As tenants by the entireties, they were the owners of a…