Hamblen v. Hamblen

Appellant wife challenges the terms of a judgment of dissolution of marriage, alleging the awards of alimony and child support to be inadequate.

The parties married in 1956 when appellant was fifteen years old and appellee nineteen. Mrs. Hamblen never obtained a high school education. During the marriage, appellant has worked only for brief periods as a nurse’s aide and grocery cashier, acting as a homemaker and raising the parties’ three children. She has no income currently, is in poor health and lists expenses of $450.00 weekly in her financial affidavit.

Appellee has had the same employer…