Duff v. Duff

OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

We granted allocatur in this case to review the lower court’s treatment of a federal income tax liability in adjudicating appellee’s claim for equitable distribution of the parties’ marital assets under Section 401 of the Divorce Code of 1980 (Divorce Code), 23 P.S. § 401.1

The parties to this action were married in 1960. The marriage lasted until the parties separated in January of 1980. Appellee, Miriam B. Duff, brought an action in divorce under Section 201(c) of the Divorce Code seeking, inter alia, equitable distribution of marital property pursuant to Section…