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In re Marriage of Millar

Supreme Court of Indiana
Jun 17, 1992
593 N.E.2d 1182 (Ind. 1992)

Opinion

No. 71S04-9206-CV-465.

June 17, 1992.

Appeal from the Superior Court, St. Joseph County, Jeanne Jourdan, J.

Robert J. Palmer, John H. Peddycord, Oberfell Lorber, South Bend, for appellant.

R. William Jonas, Jr., Hammerschmidt Bonewitz May Amaral Jonas, Christopher C. Potts, South Bend, for appellee.


In an opinion reported at 581 N.E.2d 986, the Court of Appeals reversed and remanded this case on the issue of whether the trial court's order for payment was a "maintenance order or an order for property settlement."

Chief Judge Ratliff wrote an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part in which he states that the amount awarded was half of the determined value of the marital estate and thus it clearly was a property settlement award and not a maintenance award, citing Coster v. Coster (1983), Ind. App., 452 N.E.2d 397.

We agree with Judge Ratliff in his observation and find that it is unnecessary to remand this cause to the trial court. In spite of the "maintenance" terminology used by the trial court, the facts stated by the trial court clearly demonstrate that this in fact was a property division order. In all other respects, we summarily affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals.

The trial court is affirmed on the basis that its judgment constituted a property division and not a "maintenance" award.

SHEPARD, C.J., and DeBRULER, DICKSON and KRAHULIK, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

In re Marriage of Millar

Supreme Court of Indiana
Jun 17, 1992
593 N.E.2d 1182 (Ind. 1992)
Case details for

In re Marriage of Millar

Case Details

Full title:IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF WILLIAM W. MILLAR, APPELLANT, AND MAROLYN M. MILLAR…

Court:Supreme Court of Indiana

Date published: Jun 17, 1992

Citations

593 N.E.2d 1182 (Ind. 1992)

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