Butcher v. Butcher

DIXON, Presiding Judge.

Petitioner, Virginia Butcher, filed suit for dissolution of her 1949 marriage to the respondent, Robert W. Butcher. The court decreed the dissolution, granted the wife care and custody of a minor child, ordered child support of $400 per month and divided the property determined to be marital property, granted the wife maintenance of $1,000 per month and additional attorney fees of $7,710. The husband has filed an appeal challenging the division of marital property, the award of maintenance, the award of child support, and the attorney fees as well as one item of trial…