Smela v. Smela

Third-party defendant appellant appeals as of right from a divorce judgment entered November 22, 1982. Appellant challenges (1) the property settlement disposition of the marital home, and (2) a $30,000 ancillary judgment in *604favor of third-party plaintiffs Frank and Madge Szczepanski.

Carol and Stanley Smela were married on September 2, 1967. Carol Smela filed for divorce on October 30, 1979, and on July 31, 1981, Frank and Madge Szczepanski, Carol’s parents, filed a third-party complaint in the divorce proceeding seeking a judgment against the Smelas in the amount of $30,000. At the hearing,…