McCracken v. McCracken

WATHEN, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff John T. McCracken appeals from a decision of the Superior Court (An-droscoggin County, Alexander, J.) affirming a divorce judgment entered in District Court (Lewiston, Gorman, J.). Because we find that the District Court committed clear error in determining that a portion of the real estate was defendant’s nonmarital property, we vacate the judgment and remand for reconsideration of all economic provisions.

The parties were married in New Jersey in 1986 and moved to Maine one month later. They purchased a lot in Leeds from the wife’s grandmother for $5,500 using…