Nuse v. Nuse

The main issue in this appeal of a divorce order distributing marital property is the treatment of a house in which appellant Eric Nuse resided with his fiancee at the time of the divorce hearing. In 1989, appellant’s sister sold the house to his fiancee for $67,000, approximately $19,000 less than its value. Appellant’s mother provided the fiancee a gift of $21,000 to make the downpayment. The fiancee took out a mortgage, and appellant has provided 50% of the payments each month. Appellant’s mother advanced $40,000 to the fiancee to make improvements to the house, taking back an unsecured…