Dority v. Dority

DURHAM, Justice:

The plaintiff has appealed from a divorce decree, claiming error in the trial court’s award to defendant of an interest in Pennsylvania real property and of alimony.

The parties were married in 1956 and separated in 1972. In 1977, divorce proceedings were commenced by the plaintiff in Pennsylvania, then the domicile of both parties. Thereafter, plaintiff moved to Utah for employment reasons and, becoming dissatisfied with the length of time being consumed by the Pennsylvania litigation, sued defendant for divorce in Utah in 1979. The trial court awarded plaintiff a Utah…