Hoffman v. Hoffman

The parties were married in 1939. Two children were born of the marriage, a girl and a boy, aged eleven and four years, respectively, at the time of this judgment. The divorce action was commenced in October of 1952, and the original judgment was entered July 2, 1953. Following that judgment, which ordered the payment of $50 per week alimony and support money, a number of contempt proceedings were had upon defendant’s failure to make the payments, and in 1954 plaintiff applied to the court for a final division of property.

At the time of the divorce the parties’ joint possessions included a…