Cordell v. Poteete

BRADLEY, Judge.

Appeal is taken from a decree requiring defendant to pay plaintiff the sum of $9,495.99, which was one-half of the net proceeds received by defendant in the settlement of an out-of-state lawsuit.

Plaintiff and defendant were divorced by the County Court of Morgan County on September 5r' ■ 1972. The divorce was awarded on the basis of the wife’s complaint, the husband’s waiver and answer, and the deposition of the wife. The decree provided that the husband pay the wife: “ . . . one-half of any net proceeds derived from the net proceeds of that certain case styled James W. Cordell…