GRAVENSTINE v. GRAVENSTINE

No. 1080, September Term, 1983.

58 Md. App. 158 (1984)

472 A.2d 1001

CHARLES G. GRAVENSTINE v. BRIGITTE E. GRAVENSTINE.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

March 14, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. Gallagher, Rockville, and W. Eugene Smallwood, Ashton, with whom were Gill & Sippel, Rockville, on the brief, for appellant.

Rachel F. Papkin, Bethesda, for appellee.

Argued Before WILNER, GARRITY and ALPERT, JJ.


ALPERT, Judge.

Over 200 years ago Benjamin Franklin observed that "[w]here there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage."1 Having experienced the former, appellant sought and temporarily found the latter. The affair begat divorce. Divorce begat a squabble over "marital property." Resolution of the squabble begat this appeal.

The Facts

This childless marriage commenced on December 28, 1973...

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