Burnham v. Burnham

FAIR, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. The motion for rehearing is granted. The original opinion is withdrawn and this opinion substituted.

¶ 2. In this appeal from a judgment of divorce, Matthew Burnham argues that the chancery court ordered him to pay too much child support and that its division of the marital, property was inequitable. We find that substantial evidence supports the chancellor’s finding that Matthew could earn, and had earned, more than he claimed to be making, and that the property division, though' unequal, was within the chancellor’s discretion because it was calculated to eliminate…