An Ohio man bought a house in 2012, six years before getting married; when his wife argued shared mortgage payments made it marital property, appeals judges let him keep it and upheld a $20,000 legal-fee award
An Ohio man has been allowed to keep sole ownership of a house he bought six years before getting married. State appeals judges rejected his former wife’s claim that paying the mortgage with shared money during their marriage had turned the house into marital property. The ruling was issued on 6 November 2026 by the…