Opinion ID: 2403181
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: the granting of the divorce

Text: An examination of the voluminous transcripts in the case discloses beyond doubt that the finding of the trial justice that this marriage was dead and a marriage in name only and that the chances of the parties ever being reconciled    are nil was supported by clear and convincing evidence and is beyond rational dispute. Further, there is no indication on the record that the wife ever brought to the attention of the trial justice the fact that the amendment of her complaint was without authorization. It is a basic rule of appellate practice in this court that matters not brought to the attention of the trial justice may not be raised for the first time in this court on appeal. Fiske v. MacGregor, Division of Brunswick, R.I., 464 A.2d 719, 726 (1983); Veach v. Veach, R.I., 463 A.2d 508, 509 (1983); Mailloux v. Mailloux, R.I., 463 A.2d 192, 193 (1983). Consequently, this contention is utterly without merit.