Perrenoud v. Perrenoud

Two issues are presented in this appeal:

1. Did the trial court abuse its discretion by granting an absolute divorce to the husband rather than to the wife?

2. Did the trial court abuse its discretion in its division of the marital estate between the parties?

I

Doris and Stephen were married in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, on April 14, 1955. At the time of the marriage, Stephen was employed in his father’s construction business, and Doris worked at a local shoe factory. She resigned shortly after the marriage. The parties’ first son was born in 1957, and a second son was born in 1960. Both sons…