Armstrong v. Armstrong

This is a divorce case.

The Circuit Court of Shelby County divorced the parties, made an award of support for the wife and child and divided the property of the parties. The wife appeals. The primary issue is whether the trial judge abused his discretion in the award of support for the wife and child. We find no abuse and affirm.

The facts pertinent to our review reveal the following:

The parties were married in 1961 and moved into a small house in Shelby, Alabama. A child was born to the couple in 1963. For the first several years of the marriage the husband earned a modest income while…