Hamblen v. Ockman

REDMANN, Judge.

A separated wife complains that the trial judge awarded only $40 weekly support for her child not quite two years old at trial time, and that the judge did not decide her claim for pre-divorce alimony.

We conclude that the $40 amount is within the trial judge’s necessary discretion in his attempt to balance needs (typically increased substantially when spouses separate) and incomes. The husband earns $320 gross and $215 “take-home” pay, and the wife only $100 gross and $96 take-home pay weekly. The husband had at trial time fixed obligations of $600 monthly (including a $250…