The Court of Appeals in Gore v. Gore, imposed a constructive trust in order to protect the equitable property distribution of the spouse with no title to the marital property. At the time the Gores had purchased the marital home, the wife’s unfavorable financial condition precluding her from qualifying as a borrower, the husband’s mother subsequently cosigned the loan and became a half title holder. The husband later filed for divorce, seeking, inter alia, permanent possession of the marital home and equitable distribution of marital property, including any part of the marital home which the court determined to be marital property. The
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