ARKANSAS COURT OF APPEALS
NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION
SAM BIRD, JUDGE
DIVISION IV
MERLYN BRYAN PAGE
APPELLANT
V.
PATRICIA ANN PAGE
APPELLEE
CA06-753
APRIL 25, 2007
APPEAL FROM THE POLK COUNTY
CIRCUIT COURT
[NO. DR2004-0262]
HON. HAMILTON SINGLETON,
CIRCUIT
JUDGE SITTING BY
ASSIGNMENT
AFFIRMED
In this divorce case, Dr. Merlyn Bryan Page appeals the Polk County Circuit Court’s
order dividing the parties’ assets and failing to award alimony to him. He argues three points
on appeal: (1) that the circuit court abused its discretion in finding that the parties’ antenuptial
agreement was valid; (2) that the circuit court abused its discretion in failing to award a lot in
Florida to him; and (3) that the circuit court abused its discretion in denying his request for
alimony. We affirm the circuit court’s decision.
Dr. Merlyn Bryan Page and Patricia Ann Page were married on August 8, 1989. Bryan
filed for divorce on October 25, 2004, and requested the court to divide the parties’ property
unequally in his favor. He later asked the court to declare void an antenuptial agreement
executed by the parties before their marriage and to award him alimony. Patricia cross-claimed
for divorce. After a hearing on October 17, 2006, the circuit court awarded a divorce on
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Patricia’s counterclaim and held that the antenuptial agreement was valid. In accordance with
that agreement, the circuit court awarded to Patricia her non-marital personal and real
property, including a house and land on Lake Mena, a condominium in Colorado, the Long
Mountain properties, and the Camp Albert Pike cabin. The circuit court also awarded to
Patricia a lot in Florida that had been conveyed by Bryan to Patricia in 1993. Finally, the
circuit court denied Bryan’s claim for alimony, finding that Bryan was “considerably more
financially sound” than Patricia. Bryan appealed.
Antenuptial Agreement
For his first point on appeal, Bryan asserts that the circuit court abused its discretion in
finding that the antenuptial agreement was valid.