Reese v. Holston

THOMAS, Judge.

John Lewis Reese appeals from a judgment of the Lee Circuit Court determining that he and Kathleen T. Holston had *110entered into a eommon-law marriage, divorcing the parties, and awarding Holston certain real property. We reverse and remand.

On January 29, 2008, Holston filed a complaint for a divorce in the trial court, alleging that she and Reese had entered into a common-law marriage on December 23, 1999. Among other things, Holston requested that the trial court award her a house that she alleged had been the parties’ marital residence (“the property”). In response, Reese filed…