Clausen v. Clausen

HOWE, Justice:

Plaintiff, Ken Clausen, appeals from a decree of divorce challenging the distribution made by the trial court of the parties’ marital assets and the admission into evidence of the testimony of a family and marriage counselor with whom the defendant, Natalie Clausen, had consulted prior to the filing of the divorce action.

Plaintiff and defendant were married in Calabasas, California on March 28, 1969. No children were born as issue of their marriage, but the plaintiff had a son by a previous marriage who lived with them. Defendant had been employed prior to the marriage but…