In Re Marriage of Parr

In January of 1981, the appellant, Betty Joan Parr (Joan) and the appellee, Charles Parr (Charles) were granted a decree of dissolution of their marriage. The circuit court for the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit also entered an order which disposed of the parties’ marital and nonmarital assets, and granted Joan maintenance. Joan appeals, asserting that the property disposition was in error, and that the amount awarded as maintenance was inadequate.

The parties were married in October of 1968. For both parties it was a second marriage. At the time of the marriage, Joan owned a home referred to as…