Ripp v. Ripp

The parties herein were formerly husband and wife until a judgment of divorce, granted to the defendant herein by this court (Harnett, J.) on March 23, 1970, terminated the marital relationship. Among other provisions, that judgment granted the defendant exclusive possession of the marital residence, title to which had previously been conveyed to the parties as tenants by the entirety.

The plaintiff brings this action for a partition and sale of that property, contending that the judgment of divorce severed the tenancy by the entirety and converted the parties into tenants in common, and that,…