In Re the Dissolution of the Marriage of Anderson

The decree dissolving the 15-year marriage of the parties awarded to the wife the custody of the two children, ages 11 and 13, and required the husband to pay $135 per month per child as child support. The family residence was awarded to the wife, subject to two outstanding mortgages and a $5,000 lien 1 in favor of the husband. In this appeal, the wife seeks increased child support and full equity in the home, subject only to the mortgages.

Neither party’s formal education extended beyond high school. The wife, age 33, was regularly employed as a salesclerk in a drugstore. In 1975 her salary…