Burnside v. Burnside

CLECKLEY, Justice:

In this divorce proceeding, Jacquelyn Na-gle Burnside, the defendant below and appellant herein, appeals a portion of the final order of the Circuit Court of Ohio County, which found the contribution she made to pay off the mortgage on the marital home was part of the marital estate and granted Carlos James Burnside, the plaintiff below and appellee herein, one-half interest therein. Mrs. Burnside argues she paid off the approximately $22,000 balance owed on the mortgage with separate funds she received as inheritance and she did not intend to make a gift to the marital…