Roberts v. Roberts

EDWARD N. SCRUGGS, Retired Circuit Judge.

In this divorce case the issue is whether the trial court’s award of periodic alimony and division of property was so palpably wrong as to constitute an abuse of discretion.

The wife was given the residence of the parties and two adjoining lots with a total value of about $40,000 subject to a mortgage of $31,000 which the wife was required to pay. She also received the furniture and home furnishings. The husband was awarded a river lot worth about $8,000, two lake lots valued at between $11,000 and $20,000 and an automobile, boat and motor.

As periodic…