Nail v. Nail

STEAKLEY, Justice.

Section 3.63 of the Texas Family Code 1 requires the Court in a decree of divorce to “order a division of the estate of the parties in a manner that the court deems just and right . . . . ” The controlling question here is whether in this divorce proceeding the accrued good will of the medical practice of the husband, á doctor of medicine specializing in ophthalmology, based as it is on his personal skill, experience and reputation, as well as upon his continuing in the practice, constitutes property that is subject to division as part of the estate of the parties. The trial…