Teel v. Teel

OPALA, Justice.

The issue presented on certiorari is whether the Court of Appeals’ disposition is clearly contrary to the weight of the evidence and to the established principles of equity jurisprudence insofar as it allowed the husband to bear the sole responsibility for discharging a debt alleged to be spousal, which though confessed by the husband, was then in litigation contest between a third-party creditor and the wife. We answer in the affirmative.

THE ANATOMY OF LITIGATION

Husband and wife were granted a divorce, their marital property came to be divided and the husband received custody…