Brown v. Brown

WICKERSHAM, Judge:

This appeal presents an issue of first impression in the appellate courts of this Commonwealth: whether property held individually by one spouse prior to marriage and transferred during marriage to a tenancy by the entireties becomes marital property for purposes of equitable distribution.

The parties to this appeal were married on September 16, 1972 and separated in October, 1977. Appellee-wife filed a complaint in divorce, in response to which appellant-husband also filed a complaint in divorce. By stipulation, the actions were consolidated, with husband proceeding as…