LaRue v. LaRue

*162MILLER, Justice:

In this appeal from a final divorce action, we are asked to recognize the doctrine of equitable distribution of marital property. The trial court essentially held that the wife was not entitled to her claim for the equitable distribution of the marital assets. We conclude that the trial court erred.

The parties were married in 1950, and their marriage was a traditional one in the sense that Mr. LaRue exclusively handled the family’s financial affairs and Mrs. La-Rue was mainly a homemaker. Their gross income in the last year of marriage, during which Mrs. LaRue did not work,…