Bill and Mary have been married for 26 years and had no minor children at the time they sought an absolute divorce, which was in 1996.The court entered an order for the equitable distribution of property.The court order included income earned from rental property, owned by tenancy by the entirety, during the time between which the couple separated and the order of equitable distribution.

Should the Court have categorized the property as marital property?If not, could the court have considered income from the rental property as part of the equitable distribution of property? Explain.