Hilton v. Hilton

OPINION

DRAUGHN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a divorce decree relative to the property rights of the parties. Appellant, Patricia Hilton, asserts that the trial court erred in awarding appel-lee, Eric Hilton, 12,403 shares of Hilton Hotel Corporation stock as equitable reimbursement to appellee for utilizing his separate property to retire a community debt.

As an initial point, appellee has moved to dismiss this appeal because appellant has voluntarily accepted benefits (i.e. stock in various corporations) under the judgment. It is generally true that a party who has voluntarily accepted the…