LEWIS, Judge.
In this case we must determine whether a wife who failed to assert her claim for equitable distribution prior to the judgment of absolute divorce may raise the claim at a later point. We conclude that she may, because under the facts of this case her husband is barred by the doctrine of equitable estoppel from challenging her claim.
On 14 June 1984 plaintiff husband filed an action for absolute divorce. The complaint stated that although the...
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