Legal Opinion

Thornton v. Ingram

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama

Decided March 9, 1988No. Civ. 6231Published

1Opinion of the Court

HOLMES, Judge.

This is a divorce case.

After ore terms proceedings, the trial court divorced the parties and made a division of property. Specifically, the court awarded to the wife the house over which this dispute on appeal has arisen.

The husband appeals, and we affirm.

The dispositive issue is whether the trial court’s award of the house to the wife was a plain and palpable abuse of its discretion such as to constitute reversible error on appeal.

We note at the outset the well-settled rule that, after an ore terms hearing, a trial court’s findings regarding the disposition of property in a…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Moorer v. Tensaw Land & Timber Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1944
  2. Cowart v. AaronSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
  3. Dixon v. DixonCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1985
  4. Tate v. TateCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1985
  5. Kilpatrick v. KilpatrickCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1982

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