Thomas v. Thomas

This is a divorce case. The sole issue on appeal is the husband’s contention that “[t]he Court’s division of the assets of the parties was arbitrary, inequitable and constituted an abuse of discretion.”

The parties were married December 27, 1964. The wife filed suit for divorce in October of 1969. The husband cross-complained. The parties went to trial May 20, 1970, and the court thereafter entered a decree awarding plaintiff the divorce and roughly one-half of the marital assets, the total value of which was somewhere between $16,500 and $18,140.

At the time of the marriage the husband had…