Doucette v. Washburn

[¶ 1] Carl Washburn appeals from the judgment of the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Delahanty, J.) affirming a divorce judgment entered in the District Court (Portland, Sheldon, J.). Washburn challenges the court’s conclusions regarding the identification and distribution of the parties’ marital property. Primarily at issue is the nature of the proceeds of a lump sum workers’ compensation settlement received by Washburn during the marriage. We affirm the judgment.

BACKGROUND

[¶ 2] At the time of the divorce hearing, Carl Washburn and Jeanne Doucette had been married for almost twenty-eight…