Usrey v. Usrey

CROW, Presiding Judge. '

Mary Lee Usrey (“Mary”) appeals from a decree dissolving her marriage to Jimmy Michael Usrey (“Jimmy”).1 Mary’s sole complaint is that the trial court erred in awarding Jimmy a 45 percent interest in the only tract of real estate owned by the parties.

Mary and Jimmy wed July 11, 1969. The union produced four children: a boy born April 27, 1970; a boy born January 12, 1973; a girl born August 13, 1975; and a boy born June 2, 1977.

Mary left the parties’ home in Oregon County, Missouri, January 4, 1988, and, accompanied by the three youngest children, went to Michigan. The…