Patel v. Patel

This is an appeal of a final judgment rendered in a dissolution of marriage case. Of the issues raised by the former wife, we find merit in only those that we now discuss.

The parties owned a marital home. The trial court awarded the home to the former husband and ordered the former wife to execute a quitclaim deed of her interest to the former husband. However, the home was mortgaged, and the trial court made no provision for the former wife to be relieved of liability for that indebtedness. We, therefore, reverse that part of the final judgment, and on remand, the trial court should direct…