Charpentier v. Charpentier

In this appeal from a judgment dissolving the marriage of the parties, the defendant wife, Cathy A. Charpentier, claims an abuse of judicial discretion by the trial court in determining the financial orders concerning child support and distribution of the marital property. We find no error.

The parties were married on October 2, 1967. During the marriage five children were born, ranging in age from five to twelve at the time of judgment. The marriage was dissolved on August 22, 1986, by the Honorable Joseph W. Bogdanski, state trial referee, acting as the trial court. The trial court awarded…