IN RE MARRIAGE OF DeSPAIN

No. 12247.

636 S.W.2d 165 (1982)

In re the MARRIAGE OF Shirlene DeSPAIN and Jimmie Ray DeSpain. Shirlene DeSPAIN, Appellant, v. Jimmie Ray DeSPAIN, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division One.

June 24, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Evenson, Jerri Cook Bush, Evenson & Carlin, Pineville, for appellant.

John Sims, Ruyle & Sims, Neosho, for respondent.


GREENE, Presiding Judge.

The sole question presented in this appeal is whether the trial court abused its discretion in the division of the marital property of the parties.

Shirlene and Jimmie DeSpain were married in 1954. Seven children were born of the marriage, four of whom are still minors. The family lived together in the Kansas City area, where Jimmie was employed as a printer, until 1969. At that time, the parties purchased a 133-acre farm in McDonald...

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