In Re Marriage of Drennan

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE TRAPP

delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner, Garnet Drennan, and respondent, Charles Drennan, were married on June 15, 1974. Judgment of dissolution was entered on November 9, 1978, at which time the wife was 34 years of age and the husband 43 years old. Prior to their separation, the parties had been married for three years and nine months.

The central dispute at trial and on appeal is whether the marital residence should be classified as marital or nonmarital property for the purpose of a property division between the parties. The land on which the marital…