Bassler v. Bassler

Defendant George Bassler and additional party defendant Dolores Bassler (George’s mother) appeal from a divorce judgment awarding plaintiff, Linda Griffith Bassler, the sum of $35,000 in satisfaction of any marital or other interest she may have in the lands, premises, and machinery held in George’s and Dolores’s names. We affirm.

I

In September of 1983, Linda and her daughter, Lindsey, moved into a house on the Bassler estate in Wells, Vermont to live with George Bassler. The estate, which contained over 500 acres of land, was owned by Dolores, who lived in a separate residence thereon. The…