Murphy v. Murphy

OPINION LEDERBERG, Justice.

This case came before the Supreme Court on the appeal of the defendant, Deborah T. Murphy, from a final judgment of divorce entered in the Family Court. The Family Court master awarded the parties an absolute divorce based upon irreconcilable differences that had caused the irremediable breakdown of the marriage. The defendant has appealed several aspects of the Family Court order, including the distribution of the marital property, the awards for child support and alimony, and the award of physical custody of the parties’ minor child to the plaintiff, Robert W.…