Zillert v. Zillert

NICHOLS, Justice.

This cause concerns the application of 19 M.R.S.A. § 722-A to the judicial disposition of property owned by the parties to a divorce. The Plaintiff, William Zillert, appeals from that part of the judgment of the Superior Court in Oxford County, which ruled that certain real estate held in joint tenancy by the parties was not “marital property” within § 722-A, and which “set apart” the parties’ interests in that property by having it remain in joint tenancy. 1

We sustain the appeal.

The Plaintiff, William Zillert, and the Defendant, Lydia Zillert, were married in New Jersey in…