Murphy v. Murphy

Plaintiff brought a libel for divorce and defendant filed a cross-libel. Divorce was decreed to the defendant on his cross-libel with a decree of property division and alimony. Plaintiff’s exceptions were reserved and transferred by Perkins, J.

Both the libel and the cross-libel alleged irreconcilable differences, RSA 458:7-a (Supp. 1975), as the cause for the divorce. At the hearing, before a Master (John Tateosian, Esq.) both parties agreed there was no dispute that there was an irremediable breakdown in the marriage. However, the plaintiff attempted to introduce evidence of the misconduct…