In Re Marriage of Benefield

On August 15, 1983, the circuit court of Union County granted a petition for the dissolution of the marriage of Lorene Benefield and Lester Benefield. Lorene Benefield, petitioner, appeals from that portion of the decree distributing the parties’ property. The petitioner challenges both the characterization and the division of the property, and requests that this court reverse the findings of the trial court.

Petitioner’s first contention is that the trial court erred in finding that respondent had a four-sevenths nonmarital interest in the marital home, which consisted of a farm and acreage.…