Ackley v. Ackley
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Boomer, J.
This appeal requires us to decide whether a gift to a husband and wife from the parents of one of them is separate property or whether it is marital property for the purpose of equitable distribution in a divorce action.
Here, the only issue concerns the trial court’s disposition of the marital residence. In 1980, one year before the commencement of this divorce action, the wife’s parents deeded the residence to the husband and wife as tenants by the entirety. At the time of the conveyance, the property was worth $73,500, but the only consideration for the…
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- Grant v. GrantSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
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