PAQUETTE v. PAQUETTE

No. 86-266.

535 A.2d 785 (1987)

Charles A. PAQUETTE v. Patricia A. PAQUETTE.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

October 2, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Fead of Doremus, Congelton & Jenkins, Essex Junction, for plaintiff-appellant.

Peter J.R. Martin, St. Albans, for defendant-appellee.

Before ALLEN, C.J., HILL, PECK and GIBSON, JJ., and BARNEY, C.J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


GIBSON, Justice.

In this divorce case, the plaintiff-husband appeals, alleging abuse of discretion by the trial court in its distribution of the marital estate and its awards of spousal maintenance and attorney fees to the defendant. We reverse.

The parties were married in 1965 and separated in 1984. Three children were born during the marriage, two of whom were minors at the time of the divorce. The trial court awarded custody of the minor children to the...

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