Burke v. Burke

HALL, Chief Justice:

Defendant challenges the property division provisions of a decree of divorce which denied him a share of plaintiff’s inheritance. He also challenges the trial court’s valuation of a residence awarded to him and the order that he satisfy a lien placed thereon in favor of plaintiff within one year.

The parties were married in 1969. Both engaged in full-time employment throughout the marriage and maintained separate bank accounts. No children were born of the marriage, but each party had adult children of previous marriages. Plaintiff initiated divorce proceedings in 1982.

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