Legal Opinion
Nowik v. Nowik
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 3, 1996PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
During their marriage, the parties resided in a residence which had been purchased by the wife three years prior to the marriage. The husband made various improvements to the wife’s separate property, which included converting a garage into a "bar room”, doing electrical work throughout the house, and laying a concrete walkway. The Supreme Court determined that the property appreciated in value by $9,000 due to these improvements and awarded the husband a judgment for two-thirds of that amount, or $6,000.
Although the appreciation in value of separate property due, in part, to the…
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