Yazzie v. Yazzie

Opinion delivered by

AUSTIN, Associate Justice.

The Respondent/Appellant, Henry Yazzie (“Appellant”), was single when he applied for and was determined eligible for federal relocation assistance benefits, which included funds for a replacement house (“relocation house”). After the Appellant and the Petitioner/Appellee, Judy M. Yazzie (“Appellee”), were married, they signed a housing construction contract and had a relocation house built on a site secured by a homesite lease that was in the Appellant’s name only. These facts bear the following issues: i) Was the Appellant’s relocation house…