Thompson v. Milam

L. CHARLES WRIGHT, Retired Appellate Judge.

The parties were divorced by the Circuit Court of Jefferson County in 1980. Included in the divorce decree was a provision for the sale of two pieces of real estate and an equal division of the net proceeds of the sale. One piece of the real estate was soon sold and the proceeds divided as decreed. The second piece was apparently the home of the parties, which remained occupied by the husband. He lived there until 1992 and maintained the mortgage payments on the house as they came due. Though the decree directed that the property be sold within 120…