Legal Opinion

Rochefort v. Rochefort

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided June 11, 1985No. 83-10-AppealPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

This is an appeal by Roger W. Rochefort (husband) from a divorce decree entered in Family Court granting the wife’s petition and the husband’s cross-petition for divorce based on irreconcilable differences. The husband appeals from that part of the trial justice’s decision in which the marital assets were equally divided between the parties. We affirm.

The record below reveals that the parties were married in 1965 and have one child from that union. The wife had two children by a prior marriage, one emancipated, the other deceased.

During fourteen years of marriage, the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Tarro v. TarroSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1984
  2. Wordell v. WordellSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1984

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Sattari v. SattariSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1986
  2. Royer v. RoyerSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1985
  3. Van Duinwyk v. Van DuinwykSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1986
  4. Malouin v. MalouinSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1999
  5. Panciera v. PancieraSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1985

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