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Date: 08-20-2024
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Sharon Richardson v. The Estate of Thomas James Richardson, et al.
Case Number: 2023-CA-00650-COA
Judge: J. Dewayne Thomas
Court: Chancery Court, Hinds County, Mississippi
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Jackson, Mississippi family law lawyers represented the parties in a marriage dissolution dispute involving child support.
¶2. Sharon and Thomas were divorced on May 5, 2004. In the chancery court's judgment of divorce, Sharon was granted child support of $175 per month, title to a 1996 Pontiac Grand Prix automobile, and nineteen head of cattle valued at $850 each. Sharon appealed the judgment, which this Court affirmed in part. Richardson v. Richardson, 912 So.2d 1079, 1083 (¶10) (Miss. Ct. App. 2005). We determined, however, that Sharon was entitled to only thirteen head of cattle, and we reversed the judgment in part and remanded "with instructions to determine a more concrete value for the individual cattle, and to then award Sharon cattle equal to one-third of the value of the herd, or if necessary, to direct that the herd be sold, and Sharon be awarded one-third of the proceeds of the sale." Id. at 1082 (¶7).[1] However, the record does not show that the chancery court made any further rulings on the matter.
¶3. Sixteen years later, on December 3, 2021, Sharon filed two notices of liens with the chancery court against two parcels of real property Thomas owned, allegedly in satisfaction of monies owed to Sharon from the 2004 divorce judgment. The stated amount of the lien for each property was $99,869.54. Thomas died shortly thereafter;[2] so Sharon filed a petition to confirm title against the Estate on January 19, 2022, "seeking legal title to the two (2)...
Richardson v. The Estate of Richardson, 2023-CA-00650-COA (Miss. App. Aug 20, 2024)
Outcome: Affirmed
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