Camp v. Palmer

JiBROWN, Judge.

At issue in this action for an accounting and settlement of the parties’ former community is whether the trial court erred in awarding legal interest from the date of judicial demand rather than from the date of judgment. Finding such an award to be inequitable under the facts and circumstances of this case, we reverse in part.1

Factual Background

Plaintiff-appellee, Patricia Camp, and defendant-appellant, Charles Paul Palmer, were married on November 22,1980. A judgment of legal separation was signed on June 23, 1986, terminating the parties’ community of acquets and gains, and…