Legal Opinion

Mizzi v. Mizzi

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided October 24, 2005No. 04-256PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

¶ 1. Husband Brian J. Mizzi appeals from the family court’s final divorce order dividing the parties’ marital property. Husband contends that the court abused its discretion by: (1) failing to consider wife Sheila Mizzi’s interest in property owned jointly with her mother as part of the marital property; (2) awarding possession of the marital home to wife; (3) dividing the marital property inequitably; and (4) allowing a relief-from-abuse order to remain in effect against husband until the end of the nisi period. We affirm.

¶ 2. The parties were married in Tampa, Florida on April 20, 1990.…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Begins v. BeginsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1998
  2. Chilkott v. ChilkottSupreme Court of Vermont · 1992
  3. Lynch v. LynchSupreme Court of Vermont · 1987
  4. Slade v. SladeSupreme Court of Vermont · 2005
  5. Trahnstrom v. TrahnstromSupreme Court of Vermont · 2000

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Brousseau v. BrousseauSupreme Court of Vermont · 2007
  2. Golden v. Cooper-EllisSupreme Court of Vermont · 2007
  3. Golden v. Cooper-EllisSupreme Court of Vermont · 2007
  4. Billings v. Billings, Sr.Supreme Court of Vermont · 2011
  5. Karen Wynkoop v. Gerard StratthausSupreme Court of Vermont · 2016

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