Albarelli v. Albarelli

Defendant husband appeals from a divorce decree of the Chittenden Superior Court on the issues of property division and child support. We affirm.

The parties owned a duplex residence in Colchester, which was decreed to plaintiff, and a duplex in Burlington, which the court awarded to defendant. Prior to the final hearing, the parties sold a parcel of land they had owned in Eden, and defendant removed from it a quantity of lumber worth approximately $4,000. The court ordered defendant to pay plaintiff $8,437.90, which was calculated to be half of the difference in equity between the two…