Jordan v. Postell
Syllabus
In this divorce action, John Jordan (Husband) argues the family court erred by (1) finding a house purchased by Melissa Postell (Wife) eight years before the marriage was not transmuted into marital property (2) incorrectly calculating Husband's special equity interest in said property (3) finding a different house sold to Husband by Wife's father three weeks before the marriage was marital property (4) not distributing the parties' retirement accounts equally (5) failing to award Husband alimony (6) failing to find that the parties were jointly responsible for their respective 2016 state and federal income tax liabilities?and jointly entitled to any refunds (7) failing to award Husband attorney's fees. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
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