Can a house that a spouse owned prior to marriage become marital property if the other spouse helped to pay off the mortgage?

Can a house that a spouse owned prior to marriage become marital property if the other spouse helped to pay off the mortgage?

My mother and her husband have been married for more than 10 years. When they got married he already owned the home we lived in, however, he divorced another woman to marry my mom and had to take out a loan on the house to pay her off. My mother helped repay the loan over the 10 years. Does that make the home part hers even though her name is not on the deed?

Asked on February 20, 2012 under Family Law, Florida

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