Sweeney v. Sweeney

The plaintiff sought and obtained a decree of divorce from the defendant in the Rutland Superior Court. The court in its decree provided for a division of the real and personal property and an award of alimony to the plaintiff. In so doing, the defendant asserts that the court abused its judicial discretion. We do not agree and affirm.

The statute governing the disposition of property is 15 V.S.A. § 751. It states that the court shall “decree such disposition of the property owned by the parties separately, jointly, or by the entirety, as shall appear just and equitable, having regard to the…