Peake v. Peake

This divorce case presents the questions of (1) whether the trial judge abused his discretion in awarding the respondent wife child support and (2) whether the trial court had j ur isdiction to award monetary damages for wages the wife lost in caring for the appellant husband during convalescence period. We remand the child support issue, but reverse the monetary award to the wife.

In December 1979, the husband, a self-employed mechanic, sustained severe personal injuries in a motor vehicle accident which disabled him for a period of time. In March 1980, the wife voluntarily quit her job as a…