Grimm v. Grimm

Gerald Grimm appeals the lower court’s final judgment of dissolution, challenging four aspects of the equitable distribution scheme. We affirm the court’s determination that (I) the funds used to pay the down payment on the marital home, and (II) the remaining funds that were jointly titled, were nonmarital assets belonging to the wife. The court erred, however, by (III) failing to consider the wife’s nonmari-tal assets when determining the issue of alimony, and (IV) dividing the husband’s Social Security benefits as a marital asset.

The lower court considered each of the economic factors…