Opinion ID: 1847228
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 12

Heading: whether the lower court was in manifest error in dividing the parties' retirement assets

Text: ¶ 28. The lower court did not include the balancing factors in the record when distributing the retirement assets. While these factors are to be considered, as discussed earlier this is not manifest error. In addition, making an equitable division of marital property does not mandate an equal division. Love v. Love, 687 So.2d 1229, 1231-32 (Miss.1997). As discussed earlier with regard to alimony, the distribution of property taken as a whole was equitable although not equal on each item. For example, while Andy received property with only $6,000 equity, Janis received a piece of real estate with equity in excess of $25,000. We find no error in the trial court's distribution of retirement assets.