Carter v. Carter

MAXWELL, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Equitable distribution of marital property does not mean equal distribution of marital property. In this case, the chancellor distributed the marital property and debt unequally. Linda Carter was awarded all the marital property — a piece of land and a manufactured home. But William Carter was ordered to pay seventy percent of the marital debt. Considering William’s significant separate estate and income compared to Linda’s non-existent separate estate and small income, this overall distribution was not inherently inequitable. But it was based on an erroneous…