Opinion ID: 4557522
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Text: Tammy and Brian met in March 2008 and were engaged later that year. The couple was married in April 2012. Both had children from previous marriages, but no children were born to the couple. Tammy filed for divorce in September 2016. A trial was held, and a decree dissolving the parties’ marriage was filed February 19, 2019. Real Property. As relevant on appeal, the district court for Dodge County found that Tammy and Brian worked together to purchase - 352 - Nebraska Supreme Court Advance Sheets 306 Nebraska Reports DOERR v. DOERR Cite as 306 Neb. 350 and remodel the couple’s home on Howard Street in Fremont, Nebraska (Howard Street home), during the marriage. The court valued the home at $350,000. The district court found that Tammy invested $40,000 and that Brian invested $50,000 as a downpayment. The court further found that the funds used to pay for the home were commingled in the time before and after the purchase of the home. The district court therefore awarded the home to Brian, but awarded half of the home’s value, or $165,000, to Tammy, less $10,000 to account for Brian’s larger share of the home’s downpayment. Bank Accounts. The couple had various bank accounts, some of which were jointly held and others which were individually held. At or near the time of separation, Tammy transferred funds from the parties’ joint money market account with Union Bank into her individual checking account with another bank. The district court found that $108,600 of the funds transferred were marital and ordered an equal division—$54,300 to each party. The parties’ other bank accounts were awarded to the party in whose name each respective account was held. Debts. The district court ordered that each party should pay marital debts held in their respective names, as well as debts individually incurred since the filing of the divorce action. Equalization Payment. Based on the court’s determination of the various equity shares of each of the parties, the district court ordered Brian to make an equalization payment to Tammy in the amount of $110,700. ASSIGNMENTS OF ERROR Brian assigns that the district court erred in (1) awarding Tammy $165,000 in equity in the Howard Street home, (2) awarding Tammy $54,300 from the Union Bank account, - 353 - Nebraska Supreme Court Advance Sheets 306 Nebraska Reports DOERR v. DOERR Cite as 306 Neb. 350 (3) failing to award Brian $12,831.67 in funds held in a U.S. Bank account controlled by Tammy, (4) failing to order Tammy to pay one-half of $16,207.76 in debts, and (5) ordering Brian to pay an equalization payment to Tammy in the amount of $110,700.