Marriage of Houseman v. Houseman

GARY M. GAERTNER, Presiding Judge.

Husband, David Houseman, appeals from an order of /the Circuit Court of Franklin County dissolving his twenty-seven year marriage to wife, Beverly Houseman. Husband attacks a ruling by the trial court that certain common stock shares held by wife are wife’s separate property. We affirm.

Husband and wife were married on October 5, 1963. Over the course of the marriage, the parties acquired approximately 1342 shares of Wal-Mart common stock. On March 20,1985, husband signed an affidavit releasing all his interest in this block of Wal-Mart common stock to wife.

On…