YOUNG v. YOUNG

No. B-9316.

609 S.W.2d 758 (1980)

Laura Lee YOUNG, Petitioner, v. James Lawrence YOUNG, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

December 10, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robertson & Wilkinson, Charles H. Robertson, Dallas, for petitioner.

Dan Hennigan, Houston, for respondent.

Koons, Rasor & Fuller, Reba G. Rasor, Dallas, amicus curiae.


GREENHILL, Chief Justice.

Two questions are presented in this cause. The first issue is whether a trial court, in making a division of the property of the parties in a divorce action, may consider that the wife has assumed the obligation of caring for the parties' physically disabled adult son. The second question is whether, in a divorce granted on a fault basis, the trial court may consider the fault of one spouse in breaking up the marriage when making a property...

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