Philburt v. Philburt

The plaintiff-appellee was granted a divorce from the defendant-appellant on the ground that the parties had lived separate and apart for six consecutive months and the resumption of marital relations was not reasonably probable. 15 V.S.A. § 551(7). The defendant appeals the property distribution ordered by the trial court under 15 V.S.A. § 751. We affirm.

Defendant’s first argument is that the trial court’s findings made in support of the property division 1 are inadequate. Specifically, defendant contends that the court failed to make adequate findings on the issue of plaintiff’s income,…