BOWLEY v. BOWLEY


440 A.2d 332 (1982)

Richard M. BOWLEY, Jr. v. Alta D. BOWLEY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided January 27, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paine & Lynch, Martha J. Harris (orally), Bangor, for plaintiff.

Francis J. Hallissey (orally), Machias, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., GODFREY, CARTER, VIOLETTE and WATHEN, JJ., and DUFRESNE, A. R. J.


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

This divorce action, commenced in the District Court (Machias) in 1972, has had a long and tortuous career. As a result of our decision today, the District Court still has before it the unfinished business of dividing the marital property.

The facts pertinent to this decision are quickly recited. In December 1974 the District court granted the wife a divorce on her counterclaim and awarded to her as marital property the homestead real...

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