Gum v. Gum

LEWIS, Judge.

We will first address appellant’s second argument wherein he contends that the trial court erred in distributing the post-separation appreciation of two of the marital assets equally between the parties. Specifically, the court found that the building housing the defendant’s law firm was in part marital property and distributed the marital interest in the building to defendant husband. The court then found that the building had increased in value between the date of separation and the date of trial as the result of “passive appreciation” and mortgage reduction in the net amount…