Vadas v. Vadas

762 N.E.2d 1234 (2002)

James Phillip VADAS, Appellant (Respondent Below), and

John Vadas, Appellant (Intervenor Below),

v.

Rita J. VADAS, Appellee (Petitioner Below).

No. 45S04-0103-CV-145.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

February 22, 2002.

P. Jeffrey Schlesinger, Crown Point, IN, for Appellants.

Lynn Hammond, Merrillville, IN, for Appellee.

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

James and Rita Vadas occupied and maintained a house James had sold to his father before their marriage. They spent time and money remodeling it in anticipation of buying it back some day. When they divorced, the trial court treated the home as a…