Atkins v. Atkins

GARRARD, Presiding Judge.

This appeal arises from the trial court’s refusal to set aside its division of property in a marriage dissolution. The judgment was based upon a property settlement agreement executed by the parties.

The parties were married in 1976, and the wife sued for dissolution on October 24, 1985. She was a self-employed photographer. Her husband was employed by Smith Barney, Inc. as a stockbroker.

When the dissolution was submitted the wife was present with counsel and the husband was present without his attorney. The property settlement agreement was *761presented to the court and…