Rotta v. Rotta

This is the second appeal of a judgment determining the financial obligations of the parties in the dissolution of their marriage. Because the trial court on remand failed to give the former husband credit for the $400,000 he advanced to the former wife towards the amounts he owed her, I would reverse the final judgment issued by the trial court. To hold otherwise essentially would treat the $400,000 the former husband paid the former wife to resolve any debts he owed her as a gift. To treat the $400,000 as a gift is contrary to the factual findings of the trial court and contrary to the…