Mayo v. Mayo

The principal issue in this divorce case is whether the trial court abused its discretion by awarding the amount of alimony and child support payments that it did. The defendant concedes that a reallocation of the marital assets would be meaningless because the debts of the parties are so great.

The parties married in 1972 and have three minor children. The defendant successfully operated a roofing business for eighteen years prior to mid-1977. Income tax returns reveal earnings of $59,774 in 1975, $50,132 in 1976, and $40,966 in 1977. Mr. Mayo, after many years in the roofing business,…