Trapp v. Trapp

This is an appeal by the defendant husband from that portion of the trial court’s judgment denying his request for a division of the parties’ marital assets upon dissolution. In dissolving the marriage, the court made no award of alimony and no property division, leaving undisturbed the plaintiff wife’s title to personalty and realty.

The court made the following findings of fact. The parties were married for eight years prior to the dissolution. They have no minor children. Shortly after the parties were married, the plaintiff purchased a house in her own name and with her own money. The…