Loeb v. Loeb

BECTON, Judge.

This case deals with the inclusion of property acquired by gift from a third party in an equitable distribution of marital property.

The parties were married in 1961 and lived together until their separation in March 1981. During the course of their marriage, the plaintiff husband, Ben F. Loeb, Jr., worked as an attorney, first with a private law firm in Tennessee, then with the State of North Carolina. From 1964 until 1981, the defendant wife, Anne N. Loeb, generally did not work outside the home. The parties have two children.

The husband contributed his entire income to the…