Roberson v. Roberson

Defendant husband appeals from a judgment for divorce. He does not challenge the court’s grant of child custody or the divorce itself to plaintiff wife, but objects solely to the distribution of property.

The trial court awarded plaintiff all the property acquired during coverture except the landscape business which the defendant had operated as a family business. Plaintiff was also awarded $200 per month as support for two teenage children.

Plaintiff was a school teacher under contract for $7,600 per year for the 1971-1972 school year. Prior to that, she had assisted in the operation of the…