Burnham v. Burnham

Plaintiff appeals from the property division made in a divorce decree and from the trial court’s denial of her motion for a new trial. We affirm.

Plaintiff and defendant were married for fifty-one years. They have seven children, all of whom have reached their majority. Plaintiff worked all of her married life as a registered nurse and was still so employed on a part-time basis at the time of the divorce. Defendant was an employee of Utah Power & Light until 1975 when he retired and moved to Colorado City, Arizona, to be with his plural wife and their five minor children. At the time of the…