Palmer v. Palmer

¶ 16. While I share some of the majority’s concerns and may have handled the equitable distribution differently than the chancellor, I cannot find manifest error on the chancellor’s part necessary to justify reversal. Thus, based on our deferential standard of review, I dissent.

¶ 17. The chancellor applied the correct legal analysis in carrying out the equitable distribution. As required, he first identified the various assets that qualified as marital property. See Johnson v. Johnson, 650 So.2d 1281, 1287 (Miss.1994). These particular marital assets included $20,000 in insurance proceeds,…