Hay v. Hay

The husband appeals a final judgment which awarded the wife one-half of all of the assets titled in either the husband’s name or the parties’ names jointly. The court found that the husband has commingled his considerable wealth acquired prior to this four-year marriage into joint accounts with his wife. For the most part, we agree with the trial court that the premarital assets which flowed into joint accounts lost their non-marital character. Thus, we affirm the final order, except to the extent that the trial court is directed to reconsider its distribution of a few assets, as discussed…