Schuman v. Schuman

The parties to this proceeding were married in 1959. It was the second marriage for each. No children were born as a result of the marriage. The children of the parties by their prior marriages are grown and married. The age of Mr. Schuman does not appear in the record, but he testified that he was a retired civil service employee, having been so employed for 44 years, Mrs. Schuman was 57 years old at the time of the trial. Her recent employment has been “baby sitting”. She stated she had had no other employment for a number of years, although she had worked previously.

The husband left the…