Gloria Dunmore, Appellant v. Richard Dunmore, Appellee.

Summary

The court held that a trial court may consider a party's current and reasonably anticipated Social Security benefits as evidence of financial condition when equitably dividing marital property, although the benefits themselves may not be divided or directly offset. It rejected the wife's remaining challenges because several were waived, the court did not abuse its discretion in declining post-separation credits, any error concerning the tax debt was harmless, and the statement about the parent-student loan was dictum. The property-division order was vacated and remanded for reconsideration of the parties' Social Security benefits.