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SMITH v. SMITH

709 S.W.2d 588 (1985)

Angelyn Jenkins SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ewing SMITH, Jr., Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Middle Section, at Nashville.

Rehearing Denied November 14, 1985.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied March 24, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Waller, Lansden, Dortch & Davis, George E. Copple, Jr., Nashville, for plaintiff-appellant.

Pack & Neil, A.B. Neil, Jr., Nashville, for defendant-appellee.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court March 24, 1986.

OPINION

CANTRELL, Judge.

The chief complaint in this appeal is of the failure of the Trial Judge to treat the husband's law practice as a marital asset. For the reasons set forth below, we hold that a law practice may be a marital asset but that the value placed on it does not include the professional good will of the firm.

The parties married in 1952. The two children...

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