Puckett v. Puckett

The perfect divorce decree has rarely been entered; this one is no exception. If a divorce decree makes the best of what is usually a bad situation, little else can be expected of it. Defendant husband appeals that part of the decree which granted his wife custody of their two minor children and fixed child support at $450 per month for each child.

Joan and David Puckett married in 1952. At the time of the divorce in 1967, their two daughters were 11 and 12 years of age and their community property amounted to $107,000. According to the court’s findings, the defendant husband had separate…