Jacobson v. Jacobson

The trial court entered its decree declaring the marriage dissolved because of irreconcilable differences, awarded support of $300 a month for three years to the wife, and divided the property, awarding the home, the principal asset, to the wife. The parties were married in 1945. Their three children were emancipated. The appeal relates solely to the amount of support money awarded.

The wife contends three years’ support at $300 per month is insufficient in view of the husband’s admitted current earnings, exceeding $20,000 annually, from selling insurance and from a bail bond business…