The Court of Appeal in Zoob v. Jordan, analyzed the legal elements of a gift in disposing martial properties and post-divorce. Parties were married abroad and separated via agreement and disposed all marital properties before moving to the District.  In DC, Jordan purchased two properties evidence suggesting he intended to include Zoob as joint owner.  Parties separated again, and the property ownership because the subject of litigation. The trial court determined that Jordan had the manifest and requisite intent to make the joint title transfers, but concluded that as ultimately Zoob’s name did not appear on either apartment’s title —
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