Grandmaison v. Grandmaison

The question before us in this marital case is whether the trial court abused its discretion in making a division of the parties’ property and an alimony award.

The parties married in 1956, and have one child, who at the time of the final hearing was emancipated and a full-time college student. During their twenty-year marriage, the parties acquired substantial assets. In September 1975, the plaintiff, Norman Grandmaison, filed a petition for legal separation, which by agreement in April 1977 was amended to a libel for divorce. They were unable to agree upon either a property settlement or the…