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BOYCE v. BOYCE

No. 85-1535.

541 A.2d 614 (1988)

Lincoln G. BOYCE, Appellant, v. Daisy Taylor BOYCE, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 11, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Palmer Ifill, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Glenn H. Carlson, with whom Diane E. Cafferty, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before TERRY, ROGERS and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.

TERRY, Associate Judge:

In this divorce case, we consider a question of first impression in the District of Columbia: whether an inchoate personal injury claim is marital property or the separate property of the injured spouse. The trial court chose the latter alternative. We disagree, and accordingly we reverse that portion of its judgment.

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After twenty-one years of marriage, Lincoln and Daisy Boyce went their separate ways. The couple had split...

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