Pitman v. Pitman

REIF, Presiding Judge.

Wife appeals order finding she practiced fraud on Husband and vacating award of family residence to her. The trial court’s order is affirmed.1

*1109This controversy and the proceedings to resolve it arose from the “do-it-yourself divorce” of Husband and Wife. The questionable aspect of the property division as well as the considerable time and expense involved in litigating this dispute could have been obviated through the assistance of legal counsel at the outset. This case aptly illustrates the invaluable role of an attorney even in the “agreed, uncontested” divorces. Had…