Kobal v. Kobal

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Divorce termination date de facto marital property separate property pro se. The trial court's order adopting the magistrate's decision granting plaintiff-appellee wife a divorce decree is affirmed. The trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to find a de facto termination date of the marriage earlier than the date of the final hearing because the parties presented no evidence of marital assets on the dates for which each party advocated. The trial court did not abuse its discretion in determining that the home defendant-appellant husband purchased prior to the marriage was not his separate property nor subject to a division of a property order because he transferred his interest in the home to his wife during the marriage who, in turn, transferred the home to the parties' adult sons. Likewise, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in finding that the funds from appellant's inheritance were no longer his because he had transferred the funds to a limited liability company owned by appellee without restriction. The appellant did not demonstrate that the trial court abused its discretion in adopting the magistrate's decision and the division of property order. A review of the record did not lead to the conclusion that the order was inequitable.