Fortson v. Fortson

OPINION

CARPENETI, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Blanton and Jayne Fortson divorced after eighteen years of marriage. In this property division case, both parties appeal the superi- or court’s decision to award sixty percent of the marital estate to Jayne and forty percent to Blanton. Because the court did not abuse its discretion in dividing the marital estate, we affirm the sixty-forty division. The parties raise an additional seven issues on appeal. For the reasons set out below, we affirm the court’s requirement of a cash payment to Blanton, its treatment of capital gains taxes and selling costs…