DORSEY v. DORSEY

No. 120, September Term, 1983.

302 Md. 312 (1985)

487 A.2d 1181

DAVID DORSEY v. ELEANOR JO DORSEY.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

February 20, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret Mann Drachsler, Washington, D.C. (Mahoney & Zentz, Washington, D.C., on brief), for appellant.

Dorothy R. Fait, Rockville, for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY and COUCH, JJ.


MURPHY, Chief Judge.

This case involves the presumption of gift doctrine as it relates to a marital property determination and a claimed right to a monetary award under Maryland Code (1984), §§ 8-201(e) and 8-205(a) of the Family Law Article.1

Section 8-201(e) provides:

"(e) Marital property. — (1) `Marital property' means the property, however titled, acquired by 1 or both parties during the marriage...

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