J. D. P. v. F. J. H.


399 A.2d 207 (1979)

J. D. P., Petitioner below, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. F. J. H. (formerly known as F. J. P.), Respondent below, Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided March 12, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Vaughn of Vaughn & Vaughn, Dover, for petitioner.

A. Richard Barros and Barbara Miller of Brown, Shiels & Barros, Dover, for respondent.

Before HERRMANN, C. J., and DUFFY, McNEILLY and QUILLEN, JJ., constituting the Court en Banc.


DUFFY, Justice:

This appeal is from a judgment of the Family Court granting relief ancillary to a decree divorcing the parties. The question is whether an increase, during the marriage, in the value of retained earnings of a corporation controlled by one spouse may be considered "marital property" under 13 Del.C. § 1513.

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The parties were married in 1969. At that time, the husband owned sixty...

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