Buckler v. Buckler

Shaw, Judge:

Respondent-wife, Elizabeth B. Buckler, initiated this action against appellant-husband, Andrew A. Buckler, seeking a divorce, custody of the children and equitable distribution. The family court judge held a separate hearing on the equitable distribution issue. From an order dividing the parties’ marital assets and debts, the husband appeals. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

The parties were married in 1975 and have two children born of the marriage. At the time of the marriage, the wife owned a house on Broughton Street in which she had equity of approximately $27,500. The…