Sharp v. Sharp

ALPERT, Judge.

Clarence Sharp, appellant, and Patricia Sharp, appellee, were married on December 4, 1971. Both spouses were employed by the National Institutes of Health in Washington, D.C., appellant as an environmental engineer and appellee as a secretary. A daughter, Frances, was born on November 3, 1972. Appellee ceased working in September, 1972, two months before the birth of the couple’s child. During appellee’s employment, she gave appellant her paycheck; upon her resignation she gave appellant her retirement fund.

The parties resided in a trailer on a farm titled to appellant in…