{
  "id": 18958967,
  "title": "Court overturns $31,054 divorce payout over premarital home's rise in value",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/court-overturns-31-054-divorce-payout-over-premarital-homes-rise-in",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-08T14:00:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/west-virginia-supreme-court-reverses-31054-divorce-payout-tied-to-rise-in-value-of-house-bought-before-marriage-wife-remains-entitled-to-a-share-of-mortgage-principal-reduction/articleshow/135660392.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned a previous decision regarding a premarital home. The court ruled that the husband is not liable for the home's market value increase during marriage. This ruling clarifies how separate property and marital contributions are treated in divorce cases. However, the former wife is entitled to financial interest from mortgage principal payments…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}