McCarthy v. McCarthy

BARKDULL, Judge.

Respondent/wife appeals a final judgment of dissolution.

Husband and wife were married for thirty years, and had five children. Since early in the marriage, the wife has suffered from a mental disorder which has required several hospitalizations. The last of which occurred after the wife seriously injured husband by attacking him with a knife, and resulted in the separation of the parties. The husband is highly educated, and had worked for twenty-two years at Eastern Airlines where he received an annual income of approximately $50,000. He was scheduled to retire in July, 1987…