Carty v. Carty

The questions on this appeal from a divorce judgment are whether the trial court abused its discretion in dividing the property, in ordering the husband to pay limited alimony, and in requiring him to contribute to the wife’s attorney fees. We affirm the judgment.

Peter Carty and Dorette Carty were married in Illinois on February 4, 1966. He was forty-two years of age; she was twenty-three. It was the second marriage for both: Mr. Carty, who had one child, had been divorced; Mrs. Carty, with no living children, was a widow. Following their marriage the Cartys moved several times and settled in…