CURTIS v. CURTIS

No. 11097.

388 So.2d 816 (1980)

Mrs. Verlie Holton, wife of Fred B. CURTIS v. Fred B. CURTIS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

On Rehearing October 9, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick R. Bott, Patricia Maureen Joyce, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, for plaintiff.

Edward J. Lassus, Jr., New Orleans, for defendant.

Before REDMANN, LEMMON and SCHOTT, JJ.


REDMANN, Judge.

If a wife buys a $60,000 house with only $28,500 of her separate funds, intending (with the husband's consent) to pay the credit balance with community funds, the financial positions of both wife and husband remain the same in a post-divorce property accounting-if the house is still worth $60,000-irrespective of whether the house is held to belong to the community or to the wife's separate estate. In either case-whether the wife is held to own...

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