Hutchins v. Hutchins

Defendant appeals from a circuit court judgment granting his wife a divorce on the ground of extreme cruelty, MCLA § 552.7 (Stat Ann 1957 Rev § 25.87).

A divorce action is equitable in nature and is, therefore, subject to de novo review; however, the appellate court gives great weight to the trial court’s finding of facts. Nickel v. Nickel (1970), 29 Mich App 25; Heckelman v. Heckelman (1966), 3 Mich App 159. The defendant raises four issues for our review, but we find two issues to have little merit and are not persuasive.

The first issue is whether the testimony of the plaintiff and her…