Mills v. Mills

Brenda Marie Mills (“Former Wife”) appeals the Amended Final Judgment dissolving her thirty-seven-year marriage to Barry Anthony Mills (Former Husband). She raises a number of issues on appeal, however only one merits discussion: - namely, the trial court’s failure to classify $100,000 of the $245,475 loss incurred in the Florida State Bank investment as a nonmarital liability.

Former Husband sat on the Board of Directors of Florida State Bank, which was a startup bank created in 2007. All board members were required to make financial investments in the bank. Former Wife was aware that Former…