Risch v. Risch

JAMES K. PREWITT, Judge.

Wayne Risch (“Appellant”) appeals from a decision of the Circuit Court of Greene County, the Honorable Max E. Bacon presiding, which found that he owed his former wife, Jan Risch (“Respondent”), $3,770.09, plus interest, for breach of a verbal agreement by which he had promised to take sole responsibility for payment of a home equity loan secured by the couple’s marital home. Appellant argues that the court erred in considering the alleged verbal contract between the parties when the home equity loan document was a valid and enforceable contract under which both…