Opinion ID: 1663916
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Tucker Property

Text: The parties were partners with another couple in the 1812 Tucker Partnership, whose sole asset is a four-unit apartment building at 1812-1814 Tucker, owned and operated by the partnership. The trial court awarded the Mehra's partnership interest to husband, attributing to it a net monthly income of $205, but husband contends the operating expenses exceed the rental on the building, resulting in a net monthly loss of $542, thus the venture cannot possibly be income-producing. Wife counters that husband may claim a $6,231 tax benefit in depreciation on the property. The trial court apparently derived the $205 income figure from the partnership balance sheet designating owner withdrawals of $3700 for the first nine months of 1988, which, divided by the couple's onehalf interest in the partnership, results in a monthly quotient of $205.55. The balance sheet, however, does not account for the mortgage payments, though evidence of such payments was presented at trial. The trial court apparently disbelieved husband's testimony and it is the exclusive province of that court to weigh the evidence. Cole v. Plummer, 661 S.W.2d 828 (Mo.App.1983). Because we are unable to determine from the record whether its judgment in this respect is supported by substantial evidence, we direct the court on remand to further examine this issue.