Kurtz v. Kurtz

This is an appeal of right from a divorce judgment granted to plaintiff wife and the division of property made pursuant thereto. Appellant, Lucille Kurtz, seeks a change in the property settlement. On cross-appeal Walter Kurtz seeks to have the divorce judgment vacated and the divorce granted to him. He claims her asserted grounds were insufficiently proved.

Although this Court hears a divorce case do novo on the record, it will not substitute its judgment for that of the trial judge, absent a showing of abuse of discretion. Heckelman v. Heckelman (1966), 3 Mich App 159; Hildebrandt v.…