Norviel v. Norviel

Opinion

WUNDERLICH, J.

This appeal arises from bifurcated proceedings in a marital dissolution action. The question before us is whether the trial court erred in determining the parties’ date of separation. In particular, we must consider what it means for spouses to live separate and apart.

The trial court determined that the parties separated in June 1998, when the husband stated his intention to end the marriage. The wife challenges that determination. She asserts that there was no conduct demonstrating a final break in the marriage until many weeks later. Among other things, she *1155cites…