Ex Parte Agee

This Court granted Alan Agee's petition for a writ of certiorari in order to review whether the Court of Civil Appeals erred in affirming the trial court's ruling in favor of Agee's ex-wife. The trial court ruled that, pursuant to the parties' divorce agreement, Agee was required to pay his former wife, Margo Moore, the sum of $8,368.29 from the proceeds of the sale of his residence. We reverse and remand.

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Agee and Moore were married in June 1977. In 1979, they purchased a house in Monroeville for $33,000, incurring a mortgage indebtedness of $22,000. They divorced in September 1981. Pursuant…