Smith v. Smith

Gardner, Judge:

Mildred Elizabeth Smith (the wife) brought this divorce action against Rudolph Lee Smith, Sr. (the husband). The appealed order equitably divided the marital property and denied the wife attorney fees. We affirm as modified.

ISSUES

The two issues of merit are whether (1) the trial judge erred in evaluating the husband’s pension, and (2) the trial judge erred by deducting from the wife’s share of the marital property $6,000 paid by the husband to defray the cost of the wife’s education as a registered nurse.

FACTS

The parties were married in 1953 and separated on July 18, 1988.

The…