Kelly v. Kelly

CRAWLEY, Judge.

Jessie Kelly (“the wife”) appeals from a judgment divorcing her from Sammy Kelly (“the husband”). She contends that the trial court abused its discretion by awarding her what she says is an inequitable portion of the marital property and an insufficient amount of periodic alimony.

The parties were ceremonially married in June 1992.1 The wife left the marital *428home in April 2002, and she filed for a divorce in July 2002, alleging that the parties were incompatible and that the marriage had irretrievably broken down because of what, she says, is the husband’s alcoholism. The trial…