Carpenter v. Carpenter

In this appeal from a judgment dissolving the marriage of the parties, the defendant husband *113claims an abuse of discretion by a state trial referee, acting as the trial court. The defendant claims that the court abused its discretion (1) in making its financial awards, and (2) in ordering that visitation by the defendant with the minor child of the parties be under the control of the plaintiff wife.1 The second issue is not considered because it is moot.2

The parties were married in 1962. During their marriage, they had three children, one of whom was still a minor at the time of the final…