Marriage of Cowden v. Cowden

OPINION

KIRSCH, Judge.

Jill E. Cowden appeals the trial court’s judgment dissolving her marriage to Mickey Scott Cowden (Mick). The parties present a single issue for appeal, which is:

Whether the trial court abused its discretion in dividing the marital property.

We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The parties married in 1987 and separated in 1992. For a number of years before the marriage, Mick developed a trucking business, building it to a value of nearly $1,015,-000 at the time he married Jill. Mick’s grandfather started the business, and Mick worked in it most of his adult life. Mick…