Gettys v. Gettys

3. Whether the trial court's award of one-fifth (1/5) of the proceeds of the sale to each owner in indivision subject to a credit of $48,476.18 to William is contrary to law.

Standard of Review

This Court, in Slimp v. Sartisky , outlined the appropriate standard of review as follows:

A trial judge is afforded a great deal of latitude in arriving at an equitable distribution of the assets between co-owners. However, the allocation or assigning of assets and liabilities in the partition of property is reviewed under the abuse of discretion standard. Legaux-Barrow v. Barrow, [20] 08-530, p. 5 (La.…