MURPHY v. MURPHY

81-214-Appeal.

471 A.2d 619 (1984)

Katherine MURPHY v. Dennis J. MURPHY.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

February 16, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph T. Houlihan/Kathleen Managhan, Corcoran, Peckham & Hayes, P.C., Newport, for plaintiff.

John D. Lynch, Warwick, for defendant.


OPINION

BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a decree of the Family Court which granted the plaintiff's petition for divorce on the ground of irreconcilable differences. The defendant, Dennis J. Murphy, objects to the assignment of property pursuant to G.L. 1956 (1981 Reenactment) § 15-5-16.1, as well as an award of transportation costs.

The pertinent facts briefly summarized are as follows. The parties were married in 1954 and...

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