Phillips v. Phillips

Goolsby, Judge:

In this action for a legal separation brought by Tammy G. Phillips against her husband Claude F. Phillips, the wife appeals the family court’s division of the marital estate. We affirm as modified.

The parties were married in 1981. Two years later, the wife sustained personal injuries in an automobile accident. Thereafter, the wife and the husband executed a release and endorsed a settlement check made payable to them both.

In 1984, the parties filed joint state and federal income tax returns. The returns resulted in refund checks being issued in both parties’ names after the…