Kamel v. Kamel

BILL BASS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a divorce decree. The husband challenges the judgment of the lower court ordering him to reimburse the community estate and dividing certain property. We reverse and remand.

The husband filed a petition for divorce in December of 1984. The wife filed a cross-petition in which she requested the court to award her the parties’ residence. The testimony at trial established that the husband had purchased a lot before marriage for $4,250 and that a house was built on the lot during the marriage. Improvements to the lot were financed by promissory notes…