Pinney v. Pinney

The parties to this action were granted a no-fault divorce. The appellant has *292raised three objections to the decree entered below, all of which allege an abuse of the trial court’s discretion.

Although this Court hears a divorce case de novo on the record it will not substitute its judgment for that of the trial judge absent a showing of abuse of discretion. Snyder v Snyder, 42 Mich App 573 (1972); Schaffer v Schaffer, 37 Mich App 711 (1972).

The appellant first contends that the trial court abused its discretion in dividing the property among the parties. The trial court has wide discretion in…