Bone v. Bone

Plaintiff, Barbara Bone, appeals from the property settlement provisions of a 1984 divorce judgment which terminated her May, 1978, marriage to defendant, Jerry N. Bone. Plaintiff also appeals from the trial court’s denial of attorney fees.

In granting the divorce judgment, the trial judge found that neither party was more at fault for the breakdown of the marriage. Thus, fault was not a factor in arriving at a fair and equitable property settlement. In deciding how to divide the property, the trial judge noted that the parties had lived together as husband and wife for about four and one-half…