Larry Stephen Roseberry v. Janis Roseberry

CourtCourt of Appeals of Tennessee
DecidedFebruary 9, 1998
Docket03A01-9706-CH-00237
StatusPublished

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Larry Stephen Roseberry v. Janis Roseberry, (Tenn. Ct. App. 1998).

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I N T H E C O U R T O F A P P E A L S A T K N O X V I L L E FILED February 9, 1998

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t h e j u d g m e n t o f t h e t r i a l c o u r t q u e s t i o n i n g t h e a m o u n t o f c h i l d

s u p p o r t h e w a s o r d e r e d t o p a y , t h e d i v i s i o n o f m a r i t a l p r o p e r t y a n d a l i m o n y , i n c l u d i n g t h e a m o u n t , n a t u r e , a n d d u r a t i o n . T h e a p p e l l e e

( w i f e ) s e e k s a t t o r n e y f e e s f o r t h i s a p p e a l . N o i s s u e i s p r e s e n t e d

r e l a t i n g t o t h e g r a n t i n g o f t h e d i v o r c e .

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t i m e t h e d i v o r c e d e c r e e w a s e n t e r e d . T w o c h i l d r e n w e r e b o r n t o t h e

m a r r i a g e , h o w e v e r , o n l y o n e , G l e n R o s e b e r r y , a g e 1 3 , w a s s t i l l a

m i n o r a t t h e t i m e o f t r i a l . T h e t r i a l c o u r t o r d e r e d t h e h u s b a n d t o

p a y c h i l d s u p p o r t i n t h e a m o u n t o f $ 1 , 3 0 0 . 0 0 p e r m o n t h w h i c h h e

f o u n d t o b e t h e a m o u n t r e q u i r e d b y t h e C h i l d S u p p o r t G u i d e l i n e s .

H e w a s f u r t h e r r e q u i r e d t o m a i n t a i n h e a l t h a n d h o s p i t a l i z a t i o n

i n s u r a n c e o n h i s m i n o r s o n a n d t o m a i n t a i n a p o l i c y o f i n s u r a n c e o n

h i s l i f e i n t h e a m o u n t o f $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 u n t i l h i s c h i l d s u p p o r t

o b l i g a t i o n c e a s e d o r i n t h e e v e n t h e d i e d b e f o r e t h e c h i l d s u p p o r t

o b l i g a t i o n c e a s e d , t h e l i f e i n s u r a n c e p r o c e e d s w o u l d b e u s e d i n a n

a m o u n t e q u a l t o t h e c h i l d s u p p o r t o b l i g a t i o n r e m a i n i n g a n d w h i c h h e 1 w o u l d h a v e b e e n r e q u i r e d t o p a y h a d h e s u r v i v e d . T h e r e m a i n d e r o f

a n y i n s u r a n c e p r o c e e d s w e r e t o f i r s t b e a p p l i e d t o p a y t h e m o n t h l y

h o m e m o r t g a g e p a y m e n t s u n t i l t h e p r o p e r t y w a s s o l d . A n y r e m a i n i n g

p r o c e e d s a r e t o b e p a i d t o t h e h u s b a n d ' s e s t a t e . A d d i t i o n a l l y , h e

o r d e r e d t h e h u s b a n d t o p a y t o t h e w i f e t h e s u m o f $ 8 0 0 . 0 0 p e r m o n t h

a s a l i m o n y t o b e p a i d u n t i l s u c h t i m e a s t h e w i f e s h a l l d i e o r

r e m a r r y . H e f u r t h e r m a d e a d i v i s i o n o f t h e p a r t i e s ' m a r i t a l

1 W e n o t e t h a t a t t h e t i m e o f t h e t r i a l , t h e h u s b a n d h a d m o r e t h a n e n o u g h l i f e i n s u r a n c e i n f o r c e t o s a t i s f y t h i s r e q u i r e m e n t .

2 p r o p e r t y i n c l u d i n g t h e r e s i d e n c e o w n e d b y t h e p a r t i e s . T h e r e w a s

e q u i t y i n t h e h o m e , a t t h e t i m e o f t h e d i v o r c e , o f $ 2 6 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 .

T h e r e w a s a l s o a n o u t s t a n d i n g m o r t g a g e o n t h e h o m e o f a p p r o x i m a t e l y

$ 9 8 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 a t t h e t i m e o f t h e h e a r i n g . T h e c o u r t o r d e r e d t h a t t h e

m a r i t a l r e s i d e n c e o w n e d d u r i n g t h e m a r r i a g e a s t e n a n t s b y t h e

e n t i r e t i e s b e , a f t e r t h e d i v o r c e , h e l d a s t e n a n t s i n c o m m o n .

E x c l u s i v e p o s s e s s i o n o f t h e h o m e w a s a w a r d e d t o t h e w i f e u n t i l t h e

m i n o r c h i l d r e a c h e d a g e 1 8 o r g r a d u a t e s f r o m h i g h s c h o o l w i t h h i s

n o r m a l c l a s s . U p o n t h e o c c u r r e n c e o f t h e l a t e r e v e n t , t h e h o m e w a s

o r d e r e d s o l d . T h e w i f e i s , u p o n s a l e , t o r e c e i v e t h e $ 2 6 , 0 0 0 . 0 0

e q u i t y . A n y b a l a n c e w a s a w a r d e d t o t h e h u s b a n d . I n t h e i n t e r i m ,

t h e h u s b a n d w a s o r d e r e d t o p a y t h e m o n t h l y m o r t g a g e p a y m e n t s o f 2 a p p r o x i m a t e l y $ 1 , 0 0 5 . 0 0 p e r m o n t h a t t h e t i m e o f t h e t r i a l . T h e

p a r t i e s o w e d a p p r o x i m a t e l y $ 4 0 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 o n c r e d i t c a r d i n d e b t e d n e s s .

T h e y a l s o o w e d a p p r o x i m a t e l y $ 1 4 , 5 0 0 . 0 0 t o t h e I n t e r n a l R e v e n u e

S e r v i c e . T h e f o l l o w i n g d e b t s a r e a l s o o w e d b y t h e p a r t i e s :

F i r s t N a t i o n a l B a n k a n d T r u s t C o m p a n y o f A t h e n s :

1 . $ 1 8 , 9 3 1 . 6 7 , s e c u r e d b y a l i e n o n a H o n d a A u t o m o - b i l e . ( M o n t h l y p a y m e n t s $ 4 8 6 . 4 8 ) .

2 . $ 7 , 5 8 2 . 3 3 s e c u r e d b y a l i e n o n a t r u c k . ( M o n t h l y p a y m e n t s $ 2 8 9 . 3 6 ) .

3 . $ 6 2 6 . 4 7 p e r s o n a l l o a n ( M o n t h l y p a y m e n t s $ 9 9 . 6 0 ) .

C i t i z e n ' s N a t i o n a l B a n k $ 1 7 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 .

2 T h e i n t e r e s t r a t e o n t h e h o m e m o r t g a g e i s a v a r i a b l e r a t e .

3 M e i g s C o u n t y B a n k $ 3 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 .

T h e H o n d a a u t o m o b i l e w a s a w a r d e d t o t h e w i f e w i t h t h e

r e q u i r e m e n t t h a t s h e p a y t h e i n d e b t e d n e s s t h e r e o n a n d h o l d t h e

h u s b a n d h a r m l e s s . T h e w i f e w a s o r d e r e d t o p a y $ 1 , 2 0 0 . 0 0 t o S h e l l

M a s t e r C a r d ; $ 5 0 0 . 0 0 t o P r o f f i t s ; a n d $ 3 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 t o M e i g s C o u n t y

B a n k . T h e w i f e w a s a l s o a w a r d e d a l l t h e h o u s e h o l d g o o d s a n d

f u r n i s h i n g s .

T h e h u s b a n d w a s a w a r d e d t h e t r u c k a n d r e q u i r e d t o p a y t h e

i n d e b t e d n e s s t h e r e o n a n d h o l d t h e w i f e h a r m l e s s . T h e h u s b a n d w a s

a l s o a w a r d e d h i s p e n s i o n p l a n w h i c h h e v a l u e d a t $ 3 3 , 4 3 3 . 0 0 . T h e

c o u r t m a d e n o f i n d i n g a s t o t h e p e n s i o n p l a n ' s v a l u e , h o w e v e r ,

t e s t i m o n y o f t h e h u s b a n d t h a t i t s v a l u e w a s $ 3 3 , 4 3 3 . 0 0 i s u n d i s -

p u t e d . A l l o t h e r i n d e b t e d n e s s w a s a s s i g n e d t o t h e h u s b a n d .

In an appeal of a non-jury case, this court's review is de

novo upon the record of the trial court, accompanied by a presump-

tion of the correctness of its findings, unless the preponderance

of the evidence is otherwise. Tennessee Rules of Appellate

Procedure, Rule 13(d). No presumption attaches to the trial

court's conclusions of law.

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