Bright v. Bright

JAMES EDWARD WELSH, Chief Judge.

Janet Bright (Wife) appeals the circuit court’s judgment dissolving her marriage to James Bright (Husband). Wife contends that the circuit court erred in awarding Husband “73 percent of the marital estate” because it failed to correctly apply the factors in section 452.330.1, RSMo 2000, in dividing the marital estate. We disagree and affirm the circuit court’s judgment.

The parties married on September 23, 2000. After almost 12 years of marriage, Husband filed a “Petition for Dissolution of Marriage” on July 3, 2012. Wife filed her answer to Husband’s petition…