Case Name: ELIZABETH MARY GAUGER, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT v. JOHN JOSEPH GAUGER, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT
Court: New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1976-01-13
Citations: 138 N.J. Super. 366
Docket Number: 
Parties: ELIZABETH MARY GAUGER, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT v. JOHN JOSEPH GAUGER, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Superior Court Reports
Volume: 138
Pages: 366–367

Head Matter:
ELIZABETH MARY GAUGER, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT v. JOHN JOSEPH GAUGER, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.
Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division
Submitted December 23, 1975
Decided January 13, 1976.
Before Judges Matthews, Loba and Moegaií.
Mr. Samuel R. DeLuca, attorney for appellant.
Mr. Samuel F. Penza, attorney for respondent {Mr. Leo PL. McCarthy, of counsel and on the brief).

Opinion:
Pee Cueiam.
In September 1941 defendant and his mother acquired 91 acres of farmland in Monmouth County, which they held as joint tenants. Subsequently, in 1946, plaintiff and defendant were married. In 1972, while the parties were still married, defendant's mother died. In May 1974 plaintiff and defendant were divorced.
The issue raised on appeal is whether the death of defendant's mother in 1972 resulted in the "legal and beneficial acquisition" of property by defendant during marriage so as to subject the subsequently obtained property to equitable distribution.
The trial judge found for defendant since he concluded that defendant acquired his entire interest in the realty in 1941.
We affirm the judgment of the Chancery Division substantially for the reasons set forth in Judge Heckman's opinion, 132 N. J. Super. 89 (Ch. Div. 1975).