Charlton v. Charlton

MILLER, Chief Justice:

This is an appeal from a final order of the Circuit Court of Marion County which granted the parties, Howard S. Charlton, Jr., and Estaline Charlton, a divorce. The primary question on appeal is whether the circuit court erred in ruling that funds inherited by each of the parties during the marriage and placed in jointly titled investments were the separate property of the respective parties. We conclude that the funds were not marital property, and we affirm the judgment of the circuit court.

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The facts are not in any substantial dispute. The parties were married on…