Rust v. Rust

Plaintiff-wife appeals as of right from the trial court’s distribution of the marital estate pursuant to a judgment of divorce. On appeal plaintiff contends that the court abused its discretion in the handling of the division of defendant’s pension and that the court was unfairly biased against plaintiff.

This Court reviews property settlements in divorce cases de novo, however we will not substitute our judgment for that of the trial court unless there has been an abuse of discretion, Gregg v Gregg, 133 Mich App 23, 26; 348 NW2d 295 (1984), or unless we are convinced that we would have…