Rickelman v. Rickelman

REINHARD, Presiding Judge.

This case involves an appeal from a decree of the trial court in a dissolution proceeding wherein the court ordered husband to pay wife the sum of $5,000.00 maintenance in gross.

The evidence revealed that, at the time of the marriage of the parties, wife was 18 years of age and husband was 22 years of age. Approximately four months prior to the marriage and at a time when wife was 17 years of age, husband’s grandfather made a gift to husband of $5,000.00 for the purpose of purchasing a home. Husband purchased a house prior to the marriage for $24,000.00 using the…