Whitcomb v. Whitcomb

Both plaintiff and defendant sought a divorce in the Washington Superior Court. After a contested hearing, the trial court granted the plaintiff a decree of divorce. The defend ant appeals, asserting that the court abused its discretion in its decree concerning the division of property between the parties.

15 V.S.A. § 751 provides that the court shall:

decree such disposition of the property owned by the parties separately, jointly, or by the entirety, as shall appear just and equitable, having regard to the respective merits of the parties, to the condition in which they shall be left by such…