In Re the Marriage of Butler

HAYDEN, Judge.

Respondent appeals from the trial court’s decree dissolving the parties’ marriage. He asserts that the three children should be placed in joint custody, that the alimony and child support obligations imposed on him are excessive, and that the court’s division of property is inequitable. Petitioner filed a notice of cross-appeal, but withdrew the cross-appeal in her brief. She requests an award for attorney’s fees incurred in the appeal of this case.

Petitioner, Mary E. Butler, and respondent, Dearril D. Butler, were married in 1971. They have three children, two sons born in 1971…