In re the Marriage of Elgin

Wife appeals a dissolution decree, contending that the trial court erred in awarding custody of the parties’ two pre-school age children to husband and in not awarding spousal support.

The parties were college students when they were married in September, 1972. Husband graduated in 1974, is now a co-owner of an insurance business and anticipates a net monthly income of $1,500 when the business is firmly established. During his college years, he worked summers to pay his college expenses. Wife quit school when the parties were married in order to work full-time. After the birth of their first…