Bell v. Bell

Plaintiff wife appeals from a divorce order, contesting the Chittenden Family Court’s award of marital property and maintenance. We affirm in part and reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings based on our conclusion that the trial court did not assign all of the marital assets and denied a cost-of-living adjustment award for an inadequate reason.

The parties were married in 1960 and separated in the Fall of 1989. They had three children, including a son who died when he was 18. At the time of the final hearing, wife was 53 years old. She had completed three years of college and, for…