Szilagyi v. Szilagyi

In this appeal1 from the judgment dissolving the marriage of the parties, the plaintiff asserts an abuse of judicial discretion by the trial court relative to its awards of alimony, real and personal property and attorney’s fees.

The plaintiff instituted this action on February 9, 1981, seeking a dissolution of the parties’ nine year marriage on the basis of irretrievable breakdown. The defendant filed a cross complaint alleging irretrievable breakdown of the marriage on the grounds of adultery and physical abuse. A full hearing on the merits was held before Horn. Robert A. Wall, state trial…