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### IN THE COURT OF APP EALS OF TENNESS EE

AT NAS HVILLE Marc h 19 , 200 4 S es sio n JENN IFER

LEE HEWSON v. KE RR Y D AV ID HE WSON Appeal f romthe Circ uit Court for Davidson County No. 01D-891 M uriel Robins on, Jud ge

No. M2002- 02785-COA-R 3-CV - F iled March 31, 2004
This appea l involves the financia l aspec ts of a divorc e dec ree filed by the Circuit Court for Da vidson Cou nty . T he hu sb a nd take s iss ue wi th the app ortio nme nt o f the ma ri ta l de bts , th e a mou nt o f c hil d su pp ort, andthea wa

rdof sp ou sa l su pp ort. We a ff ir m th e tr ia l c ou rt
. Tenn. R. App . P . 3 Appeal as of Right; Judgme nt of th e Circ uit Court Aff irm ed W I L L I AM C. K O CH , J R ., P.J ., M.S., delivered the opinion of the court, in which W I L L I AM B. C A IN and P ATR I C I A J. C O T T RE LL , J J ., joined. Clark L ee Shaw , Nashville, Tenne ssee, f or the a ppellant, Ker

ry David He wson. J eff rey L . L evy , Nashville, Tenne ssee, f or the a ppellee, Jennifer

L ee H ewson.

M EM OR AN DU M OP IN ION 1 The pa rties wer e mar

ried on June 30, 1991. There wer e two children born of t he mar riag e. On Marc h 30, 2001, Mr. Hew son announce d that he wa s leaving Ms. Hewson a nd the childre n for another woman. At that time, the family ’s principle source of i ncome was a conc rete subcontrac ting company run by M r. He ws o n. Day s after leaving his wife and c hildren, Mr. He wson closed the mari ta l bu sin e ss andop e ne d a “ ne w” c on c re te su bc on tr a c tin g bu sin e ss n omi na lly c on tr oll e d b y

his paramour.-2-

The pa rties wer e divorc ed on Oc tober 31, 2002. Af ter a hearing and the re ceipt of documentary

evidenc e subm itted by

the parties, the trial court found that the husband’ s “new ” bu sin e ss w a s a

sh a m de sig ne d to sh ie ld the hu sb and from h a vin g to p a y the mari ta l de bt, c hil d support, and alimony . The trial c ourt order ed Mr. Hewson to pay $1,366 per month for the support of the c ouple’s two minor childre n and rehabilitative alimony of $500 per month for a period of thr ee y ear s. The trial c ourt also as signe d Mr. Hew son responsibilityfor marital debt totaling ove r $92,000. On appeal, M r. Hewson arg ues t hat the trial c ourt abused its discre tion in setti ng the amount of child support, in awa

rding reha

bilit at i v e alimony

at all, and in assig ning him re sponsibili ty for marital debt totaling more than $92,000. We r eview such financ ial determinations bythe trial court under an “abuse of discre tion” standard of revie w. State ex rel. Vaughn v. Kaatrude , 21 S.W .3d 244, 24 8 ( Te nn . Ct . A pp . 20 00 ) (child su pp ort) ; Dube v . Dube , 104 S.W .3d 863, 869 (Tenn. Ct. App. 20 02 ) ( sp ou sa l su pp ort) ; Eke lem v. E kele m , No. W2001-02986-COA-R3-CV, 2003 WL 21014972, at *4 (Te nn. Ct. App. Apr. 16, 2003) (distribution of mari t al debt). Af ter c are fully

revie wing the re c or d a ndbrie fs , w e fi ndno abu se of dis c re tio n o n th e pa

rt of the tria l c ou rt
. Acc ording ly , we af

firm the trial c ourt’s dec ision. I n addition, we dec line Ms. Hewson’s reque st tha t we ex er ci s e our discretion to find Mr. Hew son’s appe al frivolous and to a war d her attorney s’ fe es on appe al as a conse q u en ce p ursuant to Tenn. Code A nn. § 27-1-122 ( 2000). The c o s t s o f t h i s ap p e a l ar e t a x e d t o K e rr y D

. H e w s o n a n d h i s s u r e t y f o r w h i c h e x e c u t i o n , i f

n e c e s s ar y, may issue.

______________________________ WI LL I AM C. K OC H, JR., P. J., M. S.