VADAS v. VADAS

No. 45S04-0103-CV-145.

762 N.E.2d 1234 (2002)

James Phillip VADAS, Appellant (Respondent Below), and John Vadas, Appellant (Intervenor Below), v. Rita J. VADAS, Appellee (Petitioner Below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

February 22, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. Jeffrey Schlesinger, Crown Point, IN, for Appellants.

Lynn Hammond, Merrillville, IN, for Appellee.


SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

James and Rita Vadas occupied and maintained a house James had sold to his father before their marriage. They spent time and money remodeling it in anticipation of buying it back some day. When they divorced, the trial court treated the home as a marital asset. It was not.

Facts and Procedural History

In October 1993, James Vadas needed cash to pay his financial obligation to an earlier wife. His father John Vadas agreed to...

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