Duke v. Duke

OPINION

BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.

These are consolidated appeals taken by the plaintiff wife (No. 84-537-A.) and the defendant husband (No. 85-390-A.) from a Family Court decree awarding joint custody with fifty-fifty physical possession of the two minor children to the parties and exclusive use of the marital domicile to the defendant. A petition for certiorari was also filed by the defendant (No. 85-366-M.P.) to review a subsequent Family Court decree awarding the plaintiff $200 for counsel fees.

The pertinent facts are as follows. The plaintiff and defendant were married on July 20, 1980,…