Legal Opinion

Platt v. Platt

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided April 24, 1987PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COMBS, Judge.

This domestic relations appeal is from the Boyd Circuit Court. In seeking reversal, appellant contends the amount and duration of maintenance awarded her by the trial court was an abuse of its discretion.

The parties were married for sixteen years. One child was born during the marriage, a ten-year-old daughter. Appellee was employed by a furniture store receiving a net monthly income of $1,485.00. Appellant was a homemaker and college student first working towards a degree in French, then switching her goal to elementary education. She had prior work experience as a bank teller.

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2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Chapman v. ChapmanCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1973
  2. Leveck v. LeveckCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1981
  3. Moss v. MossCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1982

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Dobson v. DobsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2005
  2. Dobson v. DobsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2005
  3. Tenner v. TennerKentucky Supreme Court · 1995
  4. Tenner v. TennerKentucky Supreme Court · 1995

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