Scott v. Scott

This is a divorce case.

The husband was ordered to pay to the wife $180 each month as periodic alimony. Upon appeal, the wife's only issue is whether the trial court erred in the amount of the award. The contested evidentiary trial was conducted ore tenus before the trial court. In viewing the record with the attendant presumptions which are accorded to the trial court's action, the following evidence is pertinently revealed upon the issue before us.

The parties married in 1935. A daughter was born to them in 1951 and a son in 1953. The husband entered service with the United States Air Force…