Butts v. Butts

This is a divorce case.

The parties were married on June 16, 1977. One child, a daughter, was born of the marriage. The parties separated in October of 1981, and a petition for divorce was thereafter filed by the husband.

At the time the parties were married, the wife possessed an automobile which was later sold for $1,500, and had approximately $2,000 in savings, which she brought into the marriage. The husband owned a forty-six acre tract of land in Shelby County, valued at $32,000, but which was heavily encumbered. The husband apparently had no equity in this property. In addition, the…