R. T. G. v. G. K. G.

DUFFY, Justice:

This appeal brings up for review an order of the Family Court disposing of marital property after divorce. The central issue concerns the consequence of a conveyance of the family residence by the husband to the wife.

I

The relevant facts are these:

Each spouse had a prior marriage. The husband’s former wife had died, leaving him as the sole owner of the real property now in issue. The parties were married in 1974 and, five weeks later, the husband conveyed all of his interest in the residence to his wife. The parties were divorced in 1978.

In an ancillary proceeding, the Trial…