Manske v. Manske

Dorothy Manske claims that the trial court abused its discretion in awarding her only $600 as a full and final division of the property and requiring her to pay her own counsel fees and costs.

The applicable statute is, of course, sec. 247.26. The question of property division of an estate in a divorce judgment is one as to which there can be few definitive rules. “As has often been said, the division of property in divorce cases is a matter peculiarly within the discretion of the trial court and depends upon the circumstances of the particular case.” Mentzel v. Mentzel (1958), 4 Wis. (2d)…