Cate v. Cate

James R. Cooper, Judge.

The parties in this marital property case were divorced by a decree dated October 30, 1989. In that decree, the chancellor specifically reserved the issue of property rights for later determination. Subsequently the parties entered into stipulations regarding the division of all marital property except 190,532 shares of common stock in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. On January 24, 1990, a hearing was held on the sole issue of the division of those shares. The chancellor found that the appellant failed to meet his burden of proof in tracing the stock to his premarital profit…