Cooper v. Cooper

The marriage of petitioner, Michelle Cooper, and respondent, Edward Cooper, was dissolved by a judgment of the circuit court of St. Clair County. Respondent appeals contending the court erred (1) in awarding custody of the couple’s only child to petitioner and (2) in failing to consider certain marital debts when it divided the marital property. We affirm.

Petitioner and respondent were married in October of 1976. Their only child, Jason, was bom on September 20, 1979. Respondent left the marital home in November of 1984, taking Jason with him, after learning petitioner had become sexually…