Ward v. Ward: Equalization of Net Family Property and Unconscionability

In Ward v. Ward, the wife stayed home to raise the family while the husband earned a high salary. The wife's father gave the wife $200,000 and the husband pressured the wife to use $180,000.00 of that gift to pay down the line of credit on the jointly owned matrimonial home when the marriage was already in trouble. Two months later, the husband left the wife. The Court of Appeal Judge held that the Trial Judge was correct in finding that an equal division of net family property would be unconscionable.