Straub v. Straub

HENDERSON, Justice (on reassignment).

This is an appeal from the alimony and child support provisions of a judgment and decree of divorce. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

Bill and Elizabeth Straub were married for twenty-three years. Elizabeth, who dropped out of high school after her soph*261omore year, worked for the first seven years of the marriage as a “repair girl” for a company working on the Apollo space program. At Bill’s insistence, she retired when the couple adopted their daughter Lisa in 1968. Elizabeth has not worked outside of the home since that time. She is now…