Donna L. Stearns-Smith v. James Ronnie Smith

After Wife filed for divorce from her husband, the parties stipulated to an equitable division of personal property and to the grounds for divorce.  The court conducted a trial to resolve questions surrounding the classification and division of two parcels of improved real property and Wife’s requests for alimony and attorney’s fees.  The trial court determined one parcel of real property was separate property while the other was marital and provided for its division.  The court also awarded Wife alimony in solido and attorney’s fees.  On appeal, Husband challenges the classification and division of the real property and the awards of alimony and attorney’s fees.  We conclude that the court erred in calculating the amounts due from Husband to Wife to accomplish its division of marital property, so we modify the judgment in that respect.  Otherwise, because of a failure to fully comply with Rule 7 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Husband’s issues related to the classification, valuation, and division of property are deemed waived.  As to the remaining issues, we affirm the award of lump sum alimony in solido but reverse the award of attorney’s fees as alimony in solido.