MURFF v. MURFF

No. 20221.

601 S.W.2d 116 (1980)

John Samuel MURFF, Appellant, v. Wanda Faye MURFF, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied June 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Dillard, III, Robert E. Hager, Saner, Jack, Sallinger & Nichols, Dallas, for appellant.

Vincent R. Kirst, Dennis G. Brewer, Inc., Irving, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, CARVER and HUMPHREYS, JJ.


CARVER, Justice.

This is a divorce case in which the husband appeals, claiming that the trial court made an inequitable division of the community estate of the parties. We hold that the trial court abused its discretion in the division of the parties' estate (1) in giving consideration to "fault" of a spouse to justify a disparate division; (2) in giving consideration to disparity of "income" between spouses instead of considering a disparity of "need" between spouses...

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