Smith v. Smith

Parks, J.:

This is an appeal by the defendant wife in a divorce action contesting the trial court’s division of property.

Betty and Harold Smith are both in their early fifties and were married for six years. Prior to this marriage, Betty was employed as a secretary and held property valued at $7,000. Harold brought assets with a net value of over $100,000 into the marriage. The estimated value of the property owned by the Smiths at the time of their divorce varied from $208,600 to $423,941 (based on plaintiff Harold Smith’s exhibits) to more than $500,000 (defendant Betty Smith’s estimation).

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