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After 18 years of marriage, Spouse A filed for divorce from Spouse B in a state that uses equitable distribution. Before the marriage, Spouse A owned a brokerage account worth $90,000. During the marriage, Spouse A deposited wages into that account, used the account to pay household bills, and could not identify which securities were bought with premarital funds. The account is now worth $220,000.
During the marriage, Spouse B inherited $160,000 from a parent and placed it in a separate account titled only in Spouse B's name. Two years later, Spouse B used $80,000 of that inheritance as the down payment on a marital home titled jointly in both spouses' names. The mortgage was paid from both spouses' earnings. Spouse A also founded a consulting business during the marriage and worked full-time there, while Spouse B left the workforce for ten years to care for the couple's children and manage the household. The business is now worth $600,000.
Spouse B seeks an equitable share of the brokerage account, the home, and the business, plus rehabilitative maintenance while completing a nursing degree. Discuss how the court should classify and divide the assets and whether maintenance should be awarded.