Anderson v. Brooks

This is an appeal from a trial court's disposition of the proceeds of an insurance policy between the holders of undivided interests in business property destroyed by fire.

I

Appellant, Janice Marie Brooks Anderson, and appellee Harold P. Brooks were formerly wife and husband, but were divorced in May of 1980. Their divorce decree incorporated a separation agreement which provided that the business property would remain in the joint names of the parties.

Prior to their divorce, Anderson and Brooks purchased an interest in a tract of property. The deed to the property conveyed an undivided…