Paollela v. Paollela

In this limited contested dissolution, the major asset in dispute is a restaurant business that the parties operated together until the series of events precipitating their marital breakdown.

This marriage, the second for both parties, took place in November, 1987. The following September the plaintiff and the defendant became interested in the restaurant business and subsequently purchased it. While both parties signed the note to secure the purchase price and improvements, the lending institution insisted on security. The plaintiff, therefore, signed a mortgage on the residence she owned…