Coviello v. Coviello

CATHELL, Judge.

Appellant, Rose A. Coviello, and appellee, John W. Coviello, were married in 1980. Each had been previously married and had children from their former marriages. Prior to their marriage, they each owned homes and were employed. Upon their marriage, appellant moved into appellee’s home (hereinafter Lerner home), resigned from her employment and became a full-time homemaker. She subsequently sold the house she had owned prior to her marriage.

Appellant’s daughter, Teresa, then 18, joined her mother and moved into appellee’s house paying rent of $20 per week. This rent was…