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Timestamp: 2019-04-21 04:59:14+00:00

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For the foregoing reasons, we hold that the trial court erred in classifying $88,000.00 of equity in the marital residence as Husband’s separate property and in failing to award Wife alimony.
amount of $500.00 per month for 60 months from and after date of entry of this order.
alimony; and failing to award her counsel fees. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
Paula Ogle Blair, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Angie L. Gleaves.
Robert Todd Jackson, Brentwood, Tennessee, for the appellee, Gary W. Gleaves.
out of Husband’s one-half equity in the marital home.
residential parent of their minor children and child support. Wife also sought alimony.
Gleaves representing his remaining equity in the marital home.
residence, the division of personal property, and the sale of the marital residence.
award Wife alimony; and (4) failing to award Wife’s attorney’s fees.
there is evidence which preponderates to the contrary. Tenn. R. App. P. 13(d); Union Carbide Corp.
finding of fact if it supports another finding of fact with greater convincing effect. Watson v.
Presley v. Bennett, 860 S.W.2d 857, 859 (Tenn. 1993).
marital home was sold pursuant to an agreed order and the proceeds disbursed.
ability to fashion appropriate relief in the event we found the court in error would be limited.
payment on the marital home as separate property.
CV, 2007 WL 3202778 at *4 (Tenn. Ct. App. Oct. 31, 2007).
Tenn. Code. Ann. § 36-4-121(b)(1)(A), (B) (2008).
Tenn. Code. Ann. § 36-4-121(b)(2)(2008).
by a preponderance of proof that an asset is actually the separate property of either spouse.
the burden of proving that it fits within the statutory definition of marital property. Id.
down payment on the marital home.
marital estate.” Langschmidt, 81 S.W.3d at 747; Eldridge v. Eldridge, 137 S.W.3d 1, 13 (Tenn. Ct.
can become marital property even without a change in the title. As this court said in Mondelli v.
(4) using the credit of the non-owner spouse to improve the property.
2007); See Fox v. Fox, No. M2004-02616-COA-R3-CV, 2006 WL 2535407 at *5 (Tenn. Ct. App.
119 to -122 (rev.2d ed. 2006)); See also Woodridge v. Woodridge, 240 S.W.3d 825 (Tenn. Ct. App.
specifically refused the wife’s requests that the entirety of the Fund be placed in a joint account).
Miller, 2004 WL 1334516 at *3-4 (citing Batson, 769 S.W.2d at 858).
the date of disbursement of the $88,000.00 to Husband.
particular circumstances of each case. Riggs v. Riggs, 250 S.W.3d 453, 456-57 (Tenn. Ct. App.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-5-121(i) and typically hinge on the unique facts and circumstances of the case.
necessary to consider the equities between the parties.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-5-121(i).
spouse’s need. Riggs, 250 S.W.3d at 457 (citing Aaron v. Aaron, 909 S.W.2d 408, 410 (Tenn.
regard to his annual income.
lump sum alimony, or a combination of these....” Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-5-121(d)(1).
WL 3396472 (Tenn. Ct. App. Dec. 30, 2004); White v. Vanderbilt Univ., 21 S.W.3d 215, 223 (Tenn.
alimony. And she’s going to be getting a considerable amount of child support.
record prior to its ruling, but did not make findings of fact with regard to the factors considered).
that Wife has less earning capacity and less ability to accumulate assets and savings than Husband.
even though Wife had appealed the decree.
to Husband as a result of the divorce and has demonstrated a need for alimony.
2006 because several of the subdivisions that he worked on were not completed lacked credibility.
he has the ability to pay alimony.
Having determined need and ability to pay, we then look to the other statutory factors.
121(i)(11), the proof shows that both made a substantial contribution to the marriage. See Tenn.
of the marriage as a part-time teaching assistant. See Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 36-5-121(i)(1), (2).
$80,000-$106,000 per year. See Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-5-121(i)(9).
($88,000.00 + $29,516.37 - $30,408).
savings account. See Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 36-5-121(i)(1), (7), and (8).
adjust to the economic consequences of a divorce....” Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-5-121(g)(1).
month for 60 months appropriate.
An award of attorney’s fees in a divorce case constitutes alimony in solido. Kinard v.
trial court and we will not disturb the trial court’s decision on appeal absent an abuse of discretion.
81 S.W.3d 741, 751 (Tenn. 2002)).
Wife’s requests for her attorney’s fees.
equity in the marital residence as Husband’s separate property and in failing to award Wife alimony.
taxed to Gary W. Gleaves, for which execution may issue if necessary.
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