Smith v. Smith

This is a divorce case.

Michael Warren Smith, father, and Lynn Pearson Smith, mother, were married June 15, 1974. Two children were born of this marriage, a son, Brian, aged five and a daughter, Erica, aged two and one-half years. At the time of the trial, the father was employed and earning an annual salary of $48,000 plus an additional bonus of several thousand dollars each year. The mother was employed, earning $22,400 annually.

The mother filed for divorce on January 19, 1983, on grounds of incompatibility and irretrievable breakdown of marriage, seeking custody of the minor children,…