Rahn v. Rahn

This case involves the distribution of property in a divorce proceeding following a long-term marriage where the major asset of the parties is their home. The Master (Earl J. Dearborn, Esq.) recommended that the home be awarded exclusively to the plaintiff, and the Superior Court (Temple, J.) entered a decree accordingly. We reverse and remand.

The parties married in 1942, and both worked and pooled their earnings in a joint account. The plaintiff, Jeannette Rahn, was fifty-four years old at the time of the divorce, while John was sixty-two. About thirty years ago, they purchased a house in…