Anderson v. Gilliland

I respectfully dissent. Although I agree with the majority’s disposition of Anderson’s point of error, I do not agree with the disposition of Gilliland’s cross-point. The value of enhancement attributable to improvements made during the marriage to the separate property was determined to be $54,000.00. The trial court correctly decided that the value of enhancement, as opposed to cost of the improvements, should be the measure for reimbursement to the community. However, the trial court found that only $34,560.00 should be reimbursed to the estate (sixty-four percent of the $54,000.00 since…