Sullivan v. Sullivan

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

This is the defendant’s appeal from a decree entered in the Family Court ordering him to pay the sum of $77 per week for the support of his two minor children.

Wendy and John Sullivan were married on August 3, 1973. They separated on April 2, 1979, after two prior separations. In December 1979 Wendy filed a petition for divorce in which she requested, inter alia, custody of their two children and support for herself and the children.

At the July 1,1980 hearing on the divorce petition both parties testified regarding their income and expenses. Wendy Sullivan testified that…