ALSTON v. ALSTON

No. 3, September Term, 1991.

331 Md. 496 (1993)

629 A.2d 70

HERMAN ALSTON v. VIOLA ALSTON.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Reconsideration Denied September 13, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann M. Turnbull, Turnbull, Wase & Lyons, P.A., (both on brief), Towson, for petitioner.

William D. Berwick (George W. White, Jr., White, Mindel, Clarke & Foard, all on brief), Towson, for respondent.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, CHASANOW, KARWACKI and ROBERT M. BELL, JJ.


ELDRIDGE, Judge.

The issue before us concerns the propriety of a marital property monetary award granted in a divorce proceeding. The General Assembly has enacted a statutory scheme relating to property matters upon divorce, Maryland Code (1984, 1991 Repl.Vol.), §§ 8-201 to 8-205 of the Family Law Article. Pursuant to these provisions, the mechanism by which the spouses' property interests in "marital property" are to be adjusted is the "monetary award....

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