Stephens v. Stephens

Plaintiff appeals from that portion of a divorce decree awarding defendant a share of his retirement funds and alimony, reimbursing defendant for certain expenditures before dividing the equity in the parties’ home, requiring plaintiff to pay one-half of capital improvements made to the home, and disallowing him interest on his equity in the home.

The parties were married sixteen years and had two children, ages eleven and thirteen at the time of the divorce. Plaintiff also adopted defendant’s son from a previous marriage which ended with the death of her first husband. Plaintiff worked for…