Cormier v. Cormier

SEARS, Chief Justice.

Husband, Denny Cormier, appeals from a final judgment of divorce, arguing that he was not given proper notice of the trial schedule, and thus that the trial court erred in granting the divorce after he failed to appear at trial. Because the trial court provided adequate notice of the trial date to husband, and because his other contentions have no merit, we affirm.

Husband and wife, Nancy Cormier, were married in 1971, and wife filed a complaint for divorce in 2003. While the case was proceeding, the trial court held husband in willful contempt of its pre-trial temporary…