Elizabeth H. Holmes v. Theron A. Holmes

This is an appeal from a final divorce judgment which awarded the wife (1) a one-third interest in specified personal property
owned by the defendant subject to existing liens, (2) $3,000 representing delinquent alimony and support payments, (3) the
custody of four minor children of the parties, and (4) $750 monthly for their support together with payment of medical and
hospital expenses. The appeal does not involve issues bearing upon grounds for divorce. The defendant husband seeks amendment
of the trial court's findings of fact, conclusions of law, and order for judgment or a new trial on the issues of alimony,
custody, and support. The parties were married in 1941. The plaintiff is now 36 years of age and the defendant is 47 years of age. Four children,
ages 13, 12, 10, and 7, are the issue of this marriage. The parties began their married life at Brainerd, Minnesota, where
the defendant owned a home. This home was sold in 1949 when the family moved to Florida. It appears that the defendant maintained
a high standard of living, as a result of which his wife and children were accustomed to many of the luxuries of life. In
addition to a fully modern home at Brainerd, Minnesota, the defendant maintained a Chris Craft motorboat, an airplane, two
automobiles -- usually of the Buick and Cadillac class -- and they traveled frequently enjoying accommodations at the best
hotels. After the parties moved to Florida, they maintained a home on Gull Lake near Brainerd during the summer months. While
the parties were living in Florida, it appears that the marriage relationship deteriorated and the plaintiff returned to Minnesota
with her children and established her residence here sometime in the summer of 1951. Following the divorce of the parties,
the defendant remarried and now resides in his own home in Macon, Georgia. The plaintiff moved to Connecticut in December
1954 and remarried there on January 9, 1956.