WILSON v. HARTMAN

No. 47939.

545 P.2d 742 (1976)

Viola WILSON, Appellant, v. L.B. HARTMAN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

January 27, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Cawley, of Fischl, Culp, McMillin, Kern & Cawley, Ardmore, for appellant.

W. Lawrence Eakin, Jr., of Milor, Eakin & Burns, Marietta, for appellee.


DOOLIN, Justice.

This appeal involves the question of whether property held in joint tenancy by a husband and wife retains its character of joint ownership after a divorce decree is entered if such decree does not specifically dispose of the property and there has been no contract of property settlement incorporated into said divorce decree. We hold that it does.

Viola Hartman Wilson, plaintiff, and L.B. Hartman,...

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