Connor v. Connor

SHARP, Judge.

The former husband, Francis T. Connor, appeals a final judgment in a dissolution case awarding the former wife, June V. Connor, his interest in the marital home “in recognition of her special equity in the property.” We reverse this judgment because the award was foreclosed by a prior appeal in this case,1 and because there is no basis in the record to support a finding of a special equity for the wife in the marital home.

The petition for dissolution was filed on July 14, 1977. The record showed that the parties married in 1952 and three children were born. The wife has worked…