Spears v. Spears

This is a divorce case.

The parties were married in 1967 and they have three children. The wife filed for divorce in March of 1979 citing incompatibility of temperament as grounds for divorce.

After hearing the evidence ore tenus, the trial court granted the parties a divorce. The court awarded the wife custody of the two minor children and ordered the husband to pay $300 per month in child support.

The only issue presented by this appeal is whether the amount of child support required to be paid by the husband is excessive.

In a child support case the presumption is that the trial court's decree…