Rikard v. Rikard

L. CHARLES WRIGHT, Retired Appellate Judge.

Following an ore tenus proceeding, the Circuit Court of Franklin County entered a final divorce decree dividing the parties’ marital assets. The husband appeals, contending that the trial court’s division of the marital assets was unreasonable and inequitable and therefore was an abuse of its discretion. He further contends that the trial judge erred in refusing to recuse himself from the divorce proceeding.

The record reflects that the parties were married for approximately 56 years. The wife is 76 and the husband is 75. The parties have seven…