Meinholz v. Meinholz

P. A. Hollingsworth, Justice.

This is a divorce case. Once again the Court must interpret our statute governing the division of property in divorce cases. Ark. Stat. Ann. § 34-1214 (Supp. 1983). The basic question here is whether we recognize the appellee’s “enhanced business career” as marital property under our present statute.

When the parties married in 1964 appellant, Judith Lynn Meinholz, had a bachelor of science degree and appellee, Ludwig Hugo Meinholz, had recently immigrated to the United States from Germany. While the appellee was not completely fluent in English, he was competent…