In Re Marriage of Clark

Maria Belkot Clark (Maria) and Perry Tudor Clark (Perry) were married for 16 years and 2 months and had 1 child, Christopher Belkot Clark born May 23, 1960. The parties separated on December 5, 1974, and Maria filed an action to dissolve the marriage. The trial was in July of 1975. The parties stipulated as to the value of each of the items of community property, and that custody of Christopher should be awarded to Maria with reasonable visitation rights to Periy. At the time of trial, Maria was 50 years of age and had a muscular disability for which she had been under physical therapy treatments for 3 or 4 years. There was also testimony that she had heart problems. According to her financial declaration and testimony, she required $1,910 per month after taxes for her and Christopher’s support. Maria had been raised in Germany and had had no particular job training. While living in Germany, she worked as a telephone operator and in the electronics field. Prior to her marriage she worked in the United States as a domestic.

Maria is challenging the court’s order in several respects which we state and discuss as follows:

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