Carpenter v. Carpenter

CRIST, Judge.

Marriage dissolution proceeding wherein trial court granted custody of parties’ three year old daughter to husband and denied wife maintenance. Wife appeals and we affirm.

The parties were married May 27, 1971, and a daughter, Rachel Lynn, was born to them on November 5, 1974. Shortly thereafter, their marriage began to falter and, eventually, their problems became overwhelming. Husband petitioned for divorce and the marriage was dissolved August 10, 1978.

Our reading of the transcript leaves us convinced that the trial court properly considered those factors relating to child…