Legal Opinion

Roberts v. Roberts

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama

Decided May 27, 1981No. Civ. 2701PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This is a divorce case.

The trial court divorced the parties and ordered a division of property. The wife appeals, contending the trial court abused its discretion by failing to award her any right, title, or interest in the parties' homeplace. We find no abuse of discretion and affirm.

The record, viewed with the attendant presumptions, reveals the following:

The parties were married approximately twelve years. At the time of trial the husband was seventy-seven years old and in poor health. The wife was fifty-nine years old. The parties have very few material things. They lived on the husband's…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Sutton v. SuttonCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1975
  2. Eubanks v. EubanksCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1974
  3. Hudson v. HudsonCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1980
  4. Carter v. CarterCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1980

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Pugh v. PughCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1981
  2. Crippen v. CrippenCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1986
  3. Holmes v. HolmesCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1982

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