Westrate v. Westrate

Defendant appeals from the judgment granted her husband in the divorce action below. Essentially three issues are before us on appeal.

The first question is whether the property settlement devised by the trial court was "just and reasonable” under MCLA 552.23; MSA 25.103. The trial court has wide discretion in dividing the property of a marital estate and awarding alimony. Pinney v Pinney, 47 Mich App 290; 209 NW2d 467 (1973). While we hear appeals in divorce cases de novo, we do not generally revise or modify alimony awards and property settlements in divorce judgments unless convinced that…