Case Title: Mills v. Mills

Citation: 167 Vt. 567, 702 A.2d 79

Docket Number: 

State: vermont

Court: Vermont Supreme Court

Date: 1997-07-30T00:00:00Z

Document:
Mills v. Mills  (96-160); 167 Vt. 567; 702 A.2d 79

[Filed 30-Jul-1997]

                          ENTRY ORDER

                 SUPREME COURT DOCKET NO. 96-160

                        JANUARY TERM, 1997

Jane K. Mills                   }     APPEALED FROM:
                                }
                                }
     v.                         }     Windham Family Court
                                }
Wayne G. Mills                  }
                                }     DOCKET NO. 355-12-93Wmdm

       In the above-entitled cause, the Clerk will enter:

       Plaintiff Jane Mills sued for a divorce in December 1993 and obtained
  a final order of divorce in March 1996.  Defendant Wayne Mills contests (1)
  the valuation of the marital residence, (2) the authenticity of his tone of
  voice on re-recorded tapes, (3) the exclusion of plaintiff's future legal
  services from the property distribution, and (4) twenty-six of the court's
  100 findings of fact.  We affirm.

       Defendant first claims that the appraisal of the marital residence
  offered by plaintiff's expert was flawed and the court erred in relying on
  it.  We will affirm the court's findings of fact in a property distribution
  unless they are clearly erroneous.  Gazo v. Gazo, 8 Vt. L.W. 129, 132 (May
  23, 1997).  The trial court has wide discretion to assess the credibility
  of witnesses and to weigh the evidence before it, including the testimony
  of experts.  Kanaan v. Kanaan, 163 Vt. 402, 407,