Verplatse v. Verplatse

This is an appeal by defendant, Albert A. Verplatse, from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Hancock County decreeing divorce, awarding custody and support and ordering a distribution of property on plaintiff’s amended complaint.

The parties were married in 1962 and have three children.

At the time of their marriage defendant owned residence property for which he had paid $27,500 and had some $21,800 in a savings account while plaintiff, Dorothy M. Verplatse, had savings of approximately $3,000.

The business in which the parties became engaged after marriage was quite successful and…