In re the Marriage of White

The husband in this dissolution action appeals the trial court’s division of property. We think the trial court had discretion to divide the property as it did, but we cannot sustain its reasoning. Accordingly, we grant the husband an opportunity for reconsideration.

Carol Ann White (Carol) and William Frank White (Frank) were married in 1973, separated in 1997, and divorced in 1998. During marriage and before 1993, they acquired a family home subject to a mortgage and a family car subject to a security interest.1 It is undisputed that the home and car were community property when initially…