Bailey v. Bailey

Gardner, Judge:

Frances Sue Gore Bailey (the wife) brought this divorce action against Thomas Ernest Bailey (the husband). The wife was granted a divorce on the ground of habitual drunkenness. Both parties appeal portions of the divorce decree. We affirm in part, reverse in part and remand.

The parties were married in 1962 and have two daughters, one of whom is now about 19 years old and the other about 15 years old. The parties were married when they were a year or two out of high school.

During the first ten years, the wife worked as a homemaker and the husband farmed with his father. The…