Coen v. Coen

TERPUTAC, J.,

Plaintiff, Kimberlee A. Coen, filed a complaint in divorce on March 4, 1989, in which she made claims for divorce, alimony pendente lite, counsel fees and costs, and equitable distribution.

The allegations for divorce contained two grounds; (1) indignities to the person, and (2) irretrievable breakdown of the marriage. In his answer, defendant, Robert L. Coen, stated that he would not file an affidavit of consent and that he would contest the divorce. At the time of the master’s hearing in January 1989, the parties had been separated about two years. It was conceded that the…