GRAFFEO v. GRAFFEO

No. 89-CA-2214.

576 So.2d 596 (1991)

Gail Gonzales, Wife of Paul S. GRAFFEO v. Paul S. GRAFFEO.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

February 28, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Douglas Howard, Jr., Kathryn E. Hill, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Philip L. Kitchen, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Before KLEES, BYRNES and WILLIAMS, JJ.


WILLIAMS, Judge.

Defendant, Paul S. Graffeo, appeals a trial court judgment which held that a certain bank account was community property. The issue before us is whether the bank account is properly classified as community property or the husband's separate property, where it was comprised of funds acquired by the husband prior to the establishment of the community property regime, but where the account was carried in the name of the "husband or wife." We hold that...

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