Brawman v. Brawman

This is an appeal from that portion of an interlocutory decree of divorce which denied appellant wife alimony, although granting her a divorce on the ground of extreme cruelty on her cross-complaint.

At the time of the decree the parties had been married 21 years. Respondent husband was then 53 years old. Although appellant’s age was not stated, we would deduce from the testimony and duration of the marriage that she is, at least, in her middle forties. The couple have two daughters who, at the time of the trial, in November 1960, were 19 and 16 years of age, and they have a son, 7.

Respondent…