Baker v. Baker

CROCKETT, Justice:

Defendant, Alvin D. Baker, appeals in a divorce action in which he was granted the divorce on his counterclaim on the grounds of mental cruelty. He attacks only the portions of the decree which award custody of the parties’ three minor children to the plaintiff, Marjorie Lee Baker, together with $50 per month support money for each child, and $550 attorney’s fees.

The parties were married in June 1956, and reside in Salt Lake City where they are both school teachers. Their children are: boys, ages 13 and 11, and a girl, age 9. Plaintiff has been teaching in high school and…