Domestic Relations - Equitable Distribution - Husband’s Farms (access required)

By Deborah Elkins
Published: February 9, 2009

Two farms acquired by husband prior to the parties’ marriage, paid for by husband’s father and titled in husband’s name alone, are husband’s separate property, despite wife’s claim that the farms appreciated in value during the marriage due to husband’s significant personal efforts; the Court of Appeals affirms the trial court’s equitable distribution and its ...
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