Hatcher v. Hatcher

Shepherd J.

Plaintiff and defendant were divorced and a judgment entered in Wayne County Circuit Court on June 17, 1981. Defendant appeals as of right, claiming that the trial court erred in awarding plaintiff alimony and in determining that defendant’s pension plan was a distributable marital asset.

Facts

The parties were married in 1951. They had three children, all of whom were adults at the time of the divorce. Plaintiff and defendant began living apart in 1978 when plaintiff moved out of the marital home. At the time of trial, plaintiff had been employed for four days as a dental assistant,…