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TERRY LACLAIRE (SMITH) MARTIN, )
)
Plaintiff/Appellee, )
) Appeal No.
) 01-A-01-9507-GS-00292 VS. )
) Wilson General Sessions
) No. 4219 RAY WILLARD MARTIN, )
)
FILED
Defendant/Appellant. )
Nov. 9, 1995
Cecil Crowson, Jr. Appellate Court Clerk
COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE
MIDDLE SECTION AT NASHVILLE
APPEALED FROM THE GENERAL SESSIONS COURT OF WILSON COUNTY AT LEBANON, TENNESSEE
THE HONORABLE ROBERT HAMILTON, JUDGE
GRAYSON SMITH CANNON CANNON, CANNON & COOPER, P.C. One NorthChase 1000 NorthChase Drive, Suite 109
P. O. Box 749
Goodlettsville, Tennessee   37070-0749 Attorney for Plaintiff/Appellee
GEORGE J. DUZANE DUZANE, KOOPERMAN & MONDELLI One Church Street, Suite 300 Nashville, Tennessee  37201
Attorney for Defendant/Appellant
AFFIRMED AND REMANDED
BEN H. CANTRELL, JUDGE
CONCUR: TODD, P.J., M.S. LEWIS, J.

MEMORANDUM OPINION1
The General Sessions Court of Wilson County granted the wife a divorce after a six month marriage.  The court ordered the marital residence sold and the wife paid $2,000 for her attorney's fees and $10,000 to equalize her equity in the property. After the deductions, the balance of the equity was to be split evenly between the parties.
On appeal the appellant has raised issues concerning the $2,000 and the $10,000 awarded to the wife, and the wife has asked the court to award her additional fees for her attorney's services on appeal.
We concur in the findings of the court below and, therefore, affirm that court's final judgment.  In addition, we are of the opinion that the appellee is entitled to attorney's fees on appeal.  We remand the case to the trial court for the determination of the amount to which the appellee is entitled.
Tax the costs on appeal to the appellant.
BEN H. CANTRELL, JUDGE
1Rule 10(b) of the Rules of the Court of Appeals reads as follows:
The Court, with the concurrence of all judges participating in the case, may affirm, reverse or modify the actions of the trial court by mem orandum opinion when a fo rm al o pin ion wo uld ha ve no pre ce de ntia l va lue .  W he n a ca se is d ec ided by mem orandum opinio n it sha ll be de sign ated "ME MO RA ND UM OP INIO N," shall not be published, an d s ha ll not be cited or relied on for any reason in a subsequent unrelated case.
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