Murphy v. McCaffery
Murphy v. McCaffery
Opinion of the Court
The defendant in this marital dissolution case challenges the trial court’s allocation of the assets of the parties. The trial court issued a detailed and thoughtful memorandum of decision, indicating that it gave full consideration to all the statutory-criteria.
The defendant’s principal claim is that the court failed to find, from undisputed evidence, that the plaintiff would receive approximately $43,000 as an inheritance from her deceased mother’s estate within one year, and an additional $42,700 within five years from the contemplated sale of a house in the estate. The defendant misreads the court’s memorandum of decision. The court specifically found that the “[pjlaintiff will receive some financial support by way of an inheritance from her mother’s estate within the year.” This reference clearly included, not only the $43,000 in cash which the plaintiff expected from the estate, but her one-quarter share of the house. The evidence indicated that the estate would be distributed within 1987. The trial court was entitled to infer, as it did, that the distribution
We have fully reviewed the defendant’s other claims of error, and find them to be without merit.
There is no error.
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