Opinion
March 2, 1998
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Henry, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is modified, on the law, by adding thereto a provision stating that after payment of the marital debts as provided for in the judgment, the next $22,500 of the proceeds from the sale of the marital residence shall be paid to the wife; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.
We agree with the wife's contention that the court should have directed repayment to her for the expenditure of her separate, nonmarital funds toward the marital residence ( see, Ciulla v. Ciulla, 237 A.D.2d 566; Strang v. Strang, 222 A.D.2d 975).
The wife's remaining contentions are without merit.
Bracken, J. P., Santucci, Goldstein and McGinity, JJ., concur.