Gambino v. Gambino

REINHARD, Presiding Judge.

Husband appeals the child custody and support provisions of a decree of dissolu tion. The parties were married for some fifteen years. Two children were born; they were thirteen and fourteen years of age at the time of the hearing. Husband petitioned for dissolution; wife answered, admitting that the marriage was irretrievably broken. Evidence produced at the hearing focused on the issue of custody.

Husband worked for a chemical company in St. Louis, and earned $850.00 a month (take-home). Wife worked at Boatmen’s Bank of Concord Village. The children lived with wife…