Heustess v. Kelley-Heustess

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

This divorce case presents issues relating to the division of property and child support. We vacate the property division, primarily because it was premised on decisions that transmuted only a portion of the marital house into marital property and valued the house at the time of separation rather than the time of trial. We also vacate the award of child support for the period before the parties married because appellant did not have a fair opportunity to present defenses to this claim.

I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

In 1991 Bonnie Kelley and Allen Heustess had a child. At the…