Bentley v. Bentley

STEINFELD, Justice.

Appellant Bradley Bentley appeals from the judgment granting to Appellee Dixie Bentley a divorce and alimony. Dixie Bentley, together with William R. Forester, her attorney, filed a cross-appeal. (For ease in identifying the parties, we will refer to them as Bradley and Dixie.) We affirm in part and reverse in part on both the appeal and cross-appeal.

Bradley and Dixie were married in 1936, at a time when their total assets consisted of $28 cash, their clothing and personal effects. Of this marriage there were born a son and a daughter; both are now adults and…