Yost v. Yost

DELL, Judge.

The parties to this action were married on January 26, 1980 and divorced shortly thereafter, on April 23, 1981. In its final *992judgment granting the dissolution of marriage, the lower court granted the wife a special equity in the marital home which was therefore awarded wholly to her. Appellant, the husband, contends that such an award was erroneous in light of an ante-nuptial agreement entered into by the parties. We agree and reverse.

The house in question was purchased for $160,000 while the parties were married. A down payment of $110,000 had been drawn from the parties’ joint…