Woodworth v. Woodworth
Woodworth v. Woodworth
Opinion of the Court
The defendant wife, Helen Wood-worth, appeals a judgment of divorce
The record before us supports the trial judge’s finding of the defendant’s extreme and repeated cruelty.
Plaintiff received an inheritance of $46,000 from the estate of his mother, who died April 16, 1965, subsequent .to the filing of the complaint in this action but prior to the trial court’s granting of di
No rigid rules govern the award of property settlements, and appellate courts do not substitute their judgment for that of the trial court in the absence of a clear showing of abuse of discretion. Wojcik v. Wojcik (1965), 375 Mich 616; Stathas v. Stathas (1965), 1 Mich App 510. Defendant can here make no claim of right to a part of the inheritance in question, and we find no substance in the claim that the trial court’s property settlement was inequitable.
Finally, the defendant charges error in the trial court’s denial of her motion to strike the plaintiff’s testimony that the parties had not had sexual intercourse for a considerable period of time prior to the institution of these proceedings. The defendant argues that the plaintiff’s allegation in his complaint that for a considerable time there had been “no possibility of natural marital relations” will not support proof at trial that the parties had not had a “physical marital relationship.” This argument is without merit.
We find no error. Affirmed. Costs to appellee.
CL 1948, § 552.7 (Stat Aim 1957 Eev § 25.87).
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