Todd Michael Perkins v. Elizabeth Mundy (Perkins) Sloane

Gallatin, Tennessee family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce.<br>
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Todd Perkins ("Husband") and Elizabeth Sloane ("Wife") were married in December 2018 and had been married for just over two and a half years when Husband filed for divorce in July 2021. The parties had no children together. At the time of the divorce, Wife was employed as a hairdresser, and Husband worked as a nurse anesthesiologist. Husband previously lived in Indiana and completed his education in Tennessee. The parties stipulated to the entry of a divorce decree, which the Sumner County Circuit Court entered on March 24, 2022. The court reserved the division of the parties' property for a later hearing, which took place on October 4 and 5, 2023.<br>
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At the final hearing, the sole remaining issue was the classification and division of the parties' property. The parties had previously agreed to divide most of their personal property and retirement accounts. The bulk of the property to be classified consisted of five properties that had been purchased during the marriage. The court was, therefore, left to determine whether these five pieces of real property were part of the marital estate. Because of this, the evidence at the hearing consisted primarily of testimony regarding these properties. <br>
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Reversed