Opinion ID: 2116943
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: Parties' Station in Life or Social Standing

Text: The trial court found the parties' status when they were married was that they had a combined income, a new home in Lincoln County, two children to support in school and an essentially equal social standing and station in life. The court further found that the parties' positions did not change after the divorce to the extent Roger still lived in the same house with the two children [] and still had the same social status. However, the trial court did find that Dolores had a more limited income; that she had to seek an education at her own expense; that her social standing was similar, but not equal to, what it was before; and, that her station in life had greatly changed. Although Roger asserts the above finding concerning Dolores is unsubstantiated and inconsistent, the record is clear that the parties are divorced; that they no longer have a combined income; and, that they no longer reside together in a new home in Lincoln county with their two children. The record is also clear that Roger's position has changed the least inasmuch as he continues to occupy the marital home with the two children and continues working for the same company for approximately the same wages. The record is also clear that Dolores has the same social standing as a nurse that she held during the marriage. However, her station in life has changed in the sense that she is no longer a typical occupant of middle class suburbia but a fifty-six-year old, single woman attempting to embark on a new career in a new location.