Pettit v. Pettit

The defendant, Bentley B. Pettit, Jr., appeals the provisions contained in a decree of divorce entered by the circuit court on September 29, 1977, which pertain to the division of the parties’ jointly owned property and which award periodic alimony and alimony in gross to the plaintiff, Luella R. Pettit.

The parties were married on July 5, 1941, and resided together until November 3,1975. At the time of the divorce hearing, the defendant was 57 years old and had an 8th grade education. The plaintiff was 55 years old at that time and was a high school graduate. The parties are the parents of…