Legal Opinion
Cornforth v. Cornforth
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided January 24, 1983No. 82-247PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDouglas, J.
This case involves the question of the proper relationship between the report and recommendations of a marital master and the approval of a superior court judge in a contested divorce matter. We vacate the divorce decree in part and remand.
In December 1981, the husband filed a libel for divorce based upon irreconcilable differences. In March 1982, the defendant filed a cross-libel for divorce, alleging that the plaintiff had seriously injured her health and endangered her reason. See RSA 458:7, V; C. Douglas, New Hampshire Practice, Family Law § 170, at 150-51 (1982).
The case was tried as a…
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