Are Breast Implants and Donated Organs Marital Assets?

Legal Blog Watch:  “ac·ri·mo·ni·ous di·vorce (ăk’rə-mō’nē-əs dĭ-vôrs):  A legal dissolution of a marriage accompanied by a request that the former spouse’s breast implants or donated organs be treated as marital assets. Okay, I made that definition up, but you must admit that things are getting a bit out-of-hand in divorce proceedings when the husband demands that the $5,500 spent on his wife’s breast implants be counted as marital assets, entitling him to additional property in the breakup (and then takes this claim to the state’s Supreme Court when the lower court mocks him).”