Tate v. Tate

Glenda M. Tate, plaintiff below, sued Billy E. Tate for a divorce on February 7, 1984 on the ground of incompatibility. The trial court divorced the parties and made awards to each of them. The plaintiff appeals from this decree, alleging the trial court abused its judicial discretion in the division of property and failure to award alimony.

The record reveals that the parties were married on September 8, 1972. This was her second marriage and his first marriage. Plaintiff has one child, now twenty-one years of age, by her previous marriage. Plaintiff is forty-one years of age and defendant is…