Legal Opinion

Brown v. Wokocha

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided June 13, 2017No. 01-15-00759-CVPublished

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Rebeca Huddle, Justice

This appeal concerns the division of property between divorcing spouses. In three issues, Ada Ukah Brown argues that the trial court erred by (1) awarding Bright O. Wokocha a disproportionate share of the marital estate, (2) mischarac-terizing some of Brown’s separate property as community property, and (3) failing to award attorney’s fees to James O. Oko-rafor, who represented third-party defendants in the trial court, including Brown’s three daughters from a previous marriage and various business entities. We affirm.

Background

Brown and Wokocha married in April…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Worford v. StamperTexas Supreme Court · 1991
  2. Carle v. CarleTexas Supreme Court · 1950
  3. Eggemeyer v. EggemeyerTexas Supreme Court · 1977
  4. Murff v. MurffTexas Supreme Court · 1981
  5. Vickery v. VickeryTexas Supreme Court · 1999

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