Wade v. Wade

SCRUGGS, Retired Circuit Judge.

This is a divorce case. The present issues generally concern a division of the property of the parties and the amount of the wife’s periodic alimony.

No assets were brought into their 1951 marriage by either party. They are childless, are now in their mid to late forties, *1010and presently enjoy good health. The separation and divorce in 1980 were occasioned by their incompatibility of temperament.

The husband has worked throughout the marriage. In 1975 he and two others entered into the farm equipment business, and he and his brother each currently own one-half of…