New York Court of Appeals

Jacklynn N. Price v. Harold Price

December 19, 198669 N.Y.2d 8

Summary

The Court held that under the Equitable Distribution Law, appreciation in value of a spouse's separate property that occurs during the marriage and is attributable in part to the other spouse's contributions as homemaker and parent is marital property subject to equitable distribution. The certified question was answered affirmatively and the Appellate Division's order was affirmed.