Padon v. Padon

OPINION

REEVES, Justice.

This is an appeal from a division of property in a divorce action. Appellant, Richard Hanlan Patrick Padon, and appel-lee, Carolyn Lee Padon, were married on January 29, 1971. At the time the parties married, appellant was not divorced from his first wife. That divorce did not become final until October 20, 1977. The trial court, in its additional findings of fact and conclusions of law, found that both parties believed in good faith they had a valid marriage; that appellee was a putative wife between January 29, 1971 and October 20, 1977, and as such, she was entitled…