Haelterman v. Haelterman

STRINGER, Judge.

Robert Haelterman, the Former Husband, seeks review of the trial court’s order accelerating equitable distribution under the final judgment of dissolution and ordering the Former Husband to pay $72,000. The Former Husband argues that the trial court erred in finding an anticipatory breach and accelerating payment. Because the final judgment of dissolution was based on a unilateral agreement to pay money at a future time, we conclude that the doctrine of anticipatory breach does not apply.

In this case, the court entered the amended final judgment of dissolution pursuant to the…