CHAPMAN v. CHAPMAN

No. 4D03-716.

866 So.2d 118 (2004)

Irwin K. CHAPMAN, Appellant, v. Barbara CHAPMAN, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 11, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis Kapner of Lewis Kapner, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jorge M. Cestero of Sasser, Cestero & Sasser, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


KLEIN, J.

The issue in this appeal from a judgment dissolving a marriage is whether the trial court erred in holding that a portion of the increase in value of the husband's premarital securities resulted from marital labor, making it marital property. We reject the husband's contention that the fourteen percent annual return he achieved over twenty-five years was purely passive.

Section 61.075(5)(a) defines marital assets as including the "enhancement in...

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