11/27/2018 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE July 11, 2018 Session ANUPAM SINGLA v. ANUPAM GARG SINGLA Appeal from the Chancery Court for Williamson County No. 44502 Joseph A. Woodruff, Chancellor No. M2017-01278-COA-R3-CV Anupam Singla (“Husband”) appeals the May 23, 2017 final order and judgment of the Chancery Court for Williamson County (“the Trial Court”), which, among other things, awarded Anupam Garg Singla (“Wife”) a divorce on the ground of inappropriate marital conduct, found that Husband had dissipated marital assets, divided the marital property, awarded Wife rehabilitative alimony and alimony in futuro, and entered a Permanent Parenting Plan for the parties’ minor child. Husband raises issues regarding the awards of alimony, the finding that he dissipated marital assets, and whether the distribution of marital assets was equitable. We find and hold that the Trial Court did not err in finding that Husband had dissipated marital assets, but we modify the finding to reflect that Husband dissipated only $73,010 in marital assets. We further find and hold that the Trial Court did not err in awarding Wife rehabilitative alimony and alimony in futuro, and that the Trial Court did not err in its division of the marital assets. We, therefore, affirm. Tenn. R. App. P. 3 Appeal as of Right; Judgment of the Chancery Court Affirmed, as Modified; Case Remanded D. MICHAEL SWINEY, C.J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which RICHARD H. DINKINS and W. NEAL MCBRAYER, JJ., joined. Loren A. Sanderson, Murfreesboro, and John Heacock, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Anupam Singla. Neil Campbell, Franklin, Tennessee, for the appellee, Anupam Garg Singla. OPINION Background Husband and Wife were married in December of 2006. One minor child (“the Child”) was born of the marriage. Husband filed for divorce in September of 2015. The case proceeded to trial in April of 2017. Husband testified at trial that he was 40 years old.1 He explained that he is from India. He is not a United States citizen but instead is a permanent United States resident who holds a Green Card. Husband has a Bachelor’s Degree in science and a Master’s Degree in computer applications, both of which he obtained from universities in India. Husband met Wife in India in December of 2006. Husband explained that their marriage was an arranged marriage and that they were married in December of 2006. Husband was working in the United States at the time of the marriage. Husband had been working in the United States for 11 months prior to the marriage. Prior to the marriage, Wife was a teacher teaching computer science to middle and high school students in India. Wife has a Master’s Degree in computer science, which she obtained from a university in India. Wife moved to the United States a few weeks after the marriage, and the parties initially resided in California where Husband was employed by a bank. Husband testified that Wife obtained a work permit within the first year of the marriage. Wife obtained a driver’s ...
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