Gardner v. Gardner

Carley, Justice.

The trial court granted appellant-plaintiff Husband a divorce and awarded appellee-defendant Wife permanent custody of the three minor children and child support. The final decree also imposed a requirement that Husband maintain, for the benefit of the children, a policy insuring his life. Husband’s application for a discretionary appeal was granted to determine the validity of that provision of the final decree requiring his maintenance of the life insurance policy.

This court has previously held that, in a divorce action, there is no authority to require that a father…