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Final Copy 291 Ga. 1 S12A0367. GRAHAM v. GRAHAM.

CARLEY, Presiding Justice. Patricia A. Graham (Wife) and Michael H. Graham (Husband) were married in 1997. Wife filed a petition for divorce on January 22, 2010. The central issue in the divorce proceedings was whether the marital residence is subject to equitable division. After a bench trial, the trial court entered a final judgment and decree finding that, although the marital residence was purchased, in part, with funds realized from the sale of Husband's premarital property, the title of the home was solely in the name of Wife. The court further concluded that Husband gifted the property to Wife in order to protect the property from the numerous creditors that he has obtained due to his recent disbarment for ethical violations and also to provide security for Wife. Therefore, the court found that the marital residence was Wife's separate property and awarded her sole possession. Husband applied for discretionary appeal, and this Court granted the application pursuant to this Court's Rule 34 (4) regulating applications to appeal in certain divorce and alimony cases.

Husband contends that the trial court committed reversible error when it failed to enter a consolidated pretrial order in violation of OCGA

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