Buttura v. Buttura

Pursuant to a judgment order of the Washington Superior Court, plaintiff was granted a divorce on the grounds that the parties had lived separate and apart for six consecutive months, with the resumption of marital relations not reasonably probable. 15 V.S.A. § 551 (7). Although defendant does not contest the issuance of the divorce, he does contest the trial court’s order directing him to pay plaintiff $15,000, in six installments of $2,500 each, “in full satisfaction of all claims for alimony, property settlement and suit money . . . .”

Since neither party has challenged the issuance of the…