Sandberg v. Sandberg

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE DRUCKER

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff appeals from that part of a decree of divorce entered in her favor which provided that defendant pay $175 per month child support for each of the three children adopted during the marriage and $1000 per month alimony to plaintiff. The issue raised on appeal is whether the child support and alimony awards were inadequate.

At the trial plaintiff testified in her own behalf. She and defendant were married in 1949 but have been living apart since January 26, 1969. There are three children, Steven, 17, Robert, 14, and Amy,…