Smith v. Smith

In this case, Joyce Smith appeals from an order of the Circuit Court of Putnam County which granted a divorce to her husband, Dr. Stephen Smith. Mrs. Smith makes several assignments of error concerning the trial court’s failure to award alimony. Mrs. Smith also asks to be awarded attorneys’ fees. We address each assignment individually.

I

Dr. and Mrs. Smith met while Dr. Smith was in medical school in Huntington. Mrs. Smith, a widow with two sons, taught nursing. They married in July, 1980, before Dr. Smith’s final year of medical school. After Dr. Smith’s graduation, the family relocated to…