Deal v. Deal

THOMAS, Judge.

On August 24, 2007, Randy Harrison Deal filed a complaint for a divorce, seeking to terminate his marriage to Sherry Boykin Deal. Sherry answered and filed a counterclaim alleging assault and battery.1

On September 29, 2008,' the trial court entered a final divorce judgment. According to the trial court’s judgment, Randy was awarded the parties’ marital residence. In addition, the trial court severed all issues relating to Sherry’s assault-and-battery claim, granted Randy’s demand for a jury trial on that claim, and ordered that Sherry’s assault-and-battery claim be resolved in…