Strawn v. Eder

Defendant appeals and plaintiff cross-appeals from the judgment in this FED action that awarded each party possession of an undivided one-half interest in residential real property. We affirm on the appeal and reverse on the cross-appeal.

Plaintiff and her former husband owned the property as tenants by the entirety. After she filed for dissolution, her husband and defendant entered into a five-year lease of the property. The dissolution judgment awarded the property to plaintiff. She contends that the lease is not “binding” on her; that her husband could only lease “his right to…