Long v. Long

Richard (defendant) sold his premarital Pennsylvania home and placed most of the proceeds in a joint savings account with wife Mary (plaintiff), later using those funds to buy a Maine home titled as joint tenants; upon their divorce, the court found the transfer to the joint account constituted a gift to the marital estate, making the Maine home entirely marital property, and awarded equal shares given Richard's greater earning capacity and pension versus Mary's smaller capacity and lack of one. Richard appealed.