Byers v. Caldwell

Carley, Justice.

William Caldwell and Terry Byers were divorced in 1989. In addition to addressing the issues of child support and periodic alimony, the initial provisions of the final decree made individual awards of certain specified items, such as the house and cars. Thereafter, Paragraph 12 ordered Mr. Caldwell to pay Ms. Byers “as equi table division of marital property the sum of $200,000 from the other assets of the parties.” (Emphasis supplied.) Paragraph 13 provided that, “[i]n order to secure the payment of the equitable division of $200,000 hereinabove referred to, [Ms. Byers] shall…