Costello v. Costello

After a contested hearing the plaintiff obtained a divorce in Addison Superior Court on the ground that the parties had lived separate and apart for six consecutive months, with the resumption of marital relations not reasonably probable. 15 V.S.A. § 551. The major asset of the parties was a home in Middlebury, Vermont, valued by the court at $48,200, and encumbered by a $5,000 mortgage which would be paid off in six years. In ordering disposition of the property pursuant to 15 V.S.A. § 751, the trial court awarded the home and its furnishings to plaintiff, with $15,000 to be paid to…