In Re the Marriage of Lord

KIRSHBAUM, Judge.

The wife appeals the trial court’s judgment respecting distribution of property and maintenance in this dissolution proceeding. We reverse.

The parties were married in November 1970 and separated in July 1978. Each had been married previously. After the marriage they resided in a home owned at the time by the husband and his former wife as joint tenants. In February 1971, the husband’s former wife conveyed her interest in that residence to the husband and the wife as joint tenants. In April 1972, the parties purchased an adjacent lot as joint tenants, and they acquired a joint…