Separately Titled Property Still Martial Property Where Not Maintained As Separate Property

In the case of Budzyn v. Johnson, the Virginia Court of Appeals, in an unpublished opinion, ruled that real estate at issue in the case was marital property even though property was titled in wife’s name where the property was purchased as the couple’s marital home during the marriage, and husband made “substantial” repairs to the property as well as contributing over $30,000 in mortgage payments.