Buttram v. Buttram

OPINION

HOWARD, Judge.

In this appeal the wife claims the trial court erred in its division of the community property and in the amount awarded for spousal maintenance. We agree as to the division of the property and also vacate the spousal maintenance award but for reasons other than those advanced by the wife.

The nature and value of the community property is not in dispute and the amounts involved are modest. The husband was awarded the family residence together with the furniture and furnishings therein. The wife was awarded a Volkswagen automobile and the husband was ordered to pay the bank…