Lawlor v. Lawlor

WADE, Justice.

The defendant, R. Keith Lawlor, appeals from a judgment awarding plaintiff a divorce and dividing their property. He claims that this being an equity case this court under the evidence should grant him the divorce and give him the home.

This court is reluctant to modify a divorce decree because usually the evidence is contradictory and the trial court *202having seen and heard the witnesses is more able to determine their credibility than we are. Also, in the absence of an abuse of discretion, we do not disturb the property division. We have carefully read the transcript and feel…