Wilson v. Hartman

DOOLIN, Justice.

This appeal involves the question of whether property held in joint tenancy by a husband and wife retains its character of joint ownership after a divorce decree is entered if such decree does not specifically dispose of the property and there has been no contract of property settlement incorporated into said divorce decree. We hold that it does.

Viola Hartman Wilson, plaintiff, and L. B. Hartman, defendant were married in 1948. During their nineteen years of marriage they operated a farm together, raising cattle and peanuts. In May of 1965, they acquired joint tenancy warranty…