Cameron v. Cameron

I agree with the judgment of the Court. I also concur in that portion of the majority opinion which holds that marital property acquired in a common law state is subject to division by a Texas court upon the parties’ divorce. I cannot, however, accept the majority’s unnecessary discussion of Eggemeyer v. Eggemeyer, 554 S.W.2d 137 (Tex.1977). Since the’entire Court agrees that the savings bonds at issue in this case are not separate property, the majority’s discussion of separate personalty is obitur dictum. As in Eggemeyer, a majority of this Court has reached conclusions grounded on…