Hicks v. Hicks — Contingent Sale Provision Creating 4%/96% Property Split Was Abuse of Discretion When Court Found Only a Slight Deviation Warranted
The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed a dissolution decree’s property division because a contingent forced-sale provision—triggered if the husband could not refinance the mortgage—would have awarded the wife 96% of the marital estate, dramatically contradicting the trial court’s own finding that only a slight deviation from equal division was warranted.