Reed v. Reed

WIEAND, Judge:

The issue in this appeal from an order entered in a divorce action is primarily procedural. It can be understood only by picking one’s way carefully through the twisted and turning maze created by the many and varied recommendations, motions, orders and exceptions which make up the record in the trial court.

William H. Reed and Joan Reed were married on April 22, 1953, and separated in June, 1965. William Reed commenced an action in divorce in October, 1982, and a bifurcated decree divorcing the parties was entered on July 11, 1983. A Master appointed to take testimony on the…