An appellate court may affirm the judgment of a trial court when it has reached the right result for the wrong reason. 14 Va. App. This rule applies in civil cases. In addition, the proper application of this rule does not include those cases where, because the trial court has rejected the right reason or confined its decision to a specific ground, further factual resolution is needed before the right reason may be assigned to support the trial court's decision. No further factual resolution is needed.
Husband next argues the trial court erred in classifying the home as marital property.
Our standard of review of this particular issue is well settled. Code 20-107.3 contains no presumption favoring equal division of marital property. Moreover, in reviewing an equitable distribution award, we rely heavily on the trial judge's discretion in weighing the particular circumstances of each case. Only under exceptional circumstances will we interfere with the exercise of the trial judge's discretion. 14 Va. App.