Harris v. Harris

INGRAM, Presiding Judge.

The parties were divorced in 1983. Pursuant to a 1989 order of the trial court, the marital home and adjoining acreage were sold. Using the proceeds from the sale, a mortgage of the property to the husband’s mother was extinguished, and other costs associated with the sale were satisfied. The remainder of the sale proceeds was deposited with the trial court for dispensation to the parties.

Following an ore tenus proceeding, the trial court awarded to the husband one-half of the net proceeds from the sale minus the amount of the mortgage. The trial court then awarded the…