Parish v. Parish

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, J.:

This is an appeal by Diane Parish (plaintiff-appellant), from the trial court’s order in a divorce action which awarded custody of the parties’ two children to W. Scott Parish (defendant-appellee), divided the parties’ property but denied alimony to her. The appellant alleges the trial court abused the exercise of its power of discretion in these three areas.

W. Scott Parish (hereafter Scott) and Diane Parish were married on July 30, 1962. Two sons were bom to this marriage; Brad, age twelve and Bart, age six. When the Parishes were first…