Strouse v. Strouse

LAVELLE, P.J.,

We have before us the several petitions of defendant Carol A. Strouse to open or vacate a decree of divorce granted to her plaintiff-husband, for reconsideration of *616our decree granting the divorce, and to strike plaintiff’s discontinuance of his claim for equitable distribution.

Plaintiff Franklin H. Strouse filed answers to all petitions and an evidentiary hearing was held on December 4, 1985. The parties have submitted their briefs, oral argument has been held, and the matter is now ready for disposition.

FACTS OF THE CASE

The credible facts of the case, as we find from the…