Bailey v. Bailey

BURNETT, Judge.

In this divorce case Steve Bailey challenges the trial court’s division of the community estate and the awards of child support and attorney fees to his wife, Hilda. Because the record does not disclose adequate findings and reasons for the trial judge’s rulings on these points, we vacate the divorce decree in part and remand the case for further proceedings.

This lawsuit began when the wife, after sixteen years of marriage, filed for divorce. The case was heard in district court. Most of the facts were undisputed. The wife alleged, and the husband admitted, that irreconcilable…