Dodge v. Dodge

Opinion

BAKER, J.

Townsend Dodge (husband) appeals from a final decree which granted his wife, Gloria Ann Dodge (wife), a divorce a vinculo matrimonii on the dual grounds of husband’s willful desertion and adultery, and which awarded wife $300 monthly spousal support.

On appeal, husband asserts that wife presented insufficient evidence to support the trial court’s finding of his desertion and adultery. In addition, husband asserts that the spousal support award was excessive and was erroneously based solely on his fault, to the exclusion of other factors listed in Code § 20-107.1.

The parties…