West v. West

CLIFFORD, Justice.

The plaintiff, Thomas West, appeals from an order of the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Brody, C.J.) affirming a divorce judgment of the District Court (Waterville, Clark, A.R.J.). Because we find the District Court committed clear error in determining what portions of the real estate were marital and non-marital, we vacate the judgment.

Plaintiff and defendant, Rosalie West, were married on October 3, 1984. They have one child, bom in May of 1987. Several years prior to the marriage, plaintiff purchased about thirty acres of land on Nowell Road in Winslow in his own name.…