Borghi v. Gilroy

¶1 This case concerns a dispute between the estate of Jeanette L. Borghi (Estate) and her son, Arthur Gilroy, over the characterization of real property acquired by Jeanette Borghi prior to her marriage to Robert1 Borghi and subsequently titled in both Robert and *482Jeanette Borghi’s names. At the center of this dispute are apparently conflicting presumptions — on the one hand, the well-established presumption that property acquired by a person before marriage is her separate property and, on the other hand, what has been described as a “joint title gift presumption” arising from a change in…