IN RE MARRIAGE OF FOWLER v. FOWLER

No. 89-0763.

158 Wis.2d 508 (1990)

463 N.W.2d 370

IN RE the MARRIAGE OF: Robert Booth FOWLER, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Emily Albrink FOWLER, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided October 4, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Michael J. Collins of Collins, Beatty & Krekeler, S.C., of Madison.

For the petitioner-respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Steven A. Bach and Cheryl Rosen Weston of Cullen, Weston, Pines & Bach of Madison.

Before Eich, C.J., Dykman and Sundby, JJ.


SUNDBY, J.

During her marriage to Robert Booth Fowler, Emily Fowler inherited stock and securities, including shares in AT&T. Her appeal from the divorce judgment raises questions not previously addressed as to whether growth in inherited stock by substitution and dividend reinvestment is included in the marital estate for division under sec. 767.255, Stats.

We conclude: (1) The circuit court erred when it included in the marital estate stock substituted...

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