Small v. Small

HEDRICK, Chief Judge.

In Paradise Lost John Milton described Hell as “confusion worst confounded.” This proceeding, we dare not call it a case or a cause, has confused and confounded the parties, the lawyers and the trial judge. Now it confounds us. Despite the obviously well intentioned efforts of the trial lawyers and the trial court, the focus of this legal proceeding has become lost within the complex details of the financial affairs of the parties. The judgment itself as well as the errors assigned thereto by the parties on appeal reflects the loss of direction by all involved.

In a trial…