Henley v. Henley

1 Defendant in error, herein referred to as husband, commenced divorce proceedings against plaintiff in error, herein referred to as wife. The trial court granted the wife a divorce on her cross-petition on the grounds of incompatibility and ordered division of property as follows: The home, with about a $2,000.00 equity, was awarded to husband; wife was awarded most of the furniture, which she had previously removed to her present home, and husband received the remaining furniture; husband was awarded a car valued at about $2,000.00 and wife was awarded the other car valued at about $1,500.00; husband was directed to pay all indebtedness incurred by both parties during the marriage and wifes attorney fees and all court costs. Wife was awarded $300.00 per month alimony for the first twelve months and then the sum of $330.00 per month alimony for the next ninety-five months, or a total of $34,950.00 payable over a nine year period.