Scott v. Scott

OSBORNE, Judge.

This is a divorce action. The parties are, as usual, fighting over the size of the award, though there are some other issues. The trial court gave the wife small periodic *633alimony and she is seeking larger periodic payments and/or a lump sum. The husband is contending that she should receive no alimony. The trial court granted the husband a divorce and dismissed the wife’s complaint.

The parties were married in 1948 and lived together for eighteen years before this action was instituted. In the beginning the husband was a student. He has since finished dental school and gone into…