Hyatt v. Hyatt
Annotate this CaseThe Supreme Court of Wyoming upheld a lower court's decision to grant a divorce, award the mother custody of two minor children, order the father to pay child support, and divide the marital property between the parties. The father had appealed the decision, challenging the court's division of property and its child support and custody decisions. The father and mother had been married since 2015 and had two children. The father was self-employed at a trucking company, and the mother stayed home with the children and homeschooled one of them. The court found that both parties could provide adequate care for the children, but that the mother had been their primary caretaker. The court also concluded that it was in the children's best interest for the mother to have custody. The court determined the father's net monthly income for child support purposes and ordered him to pay the mother monthly alimony for a period of time. The court also divided the marital property, awarding the mother more property because she had left established employment to be a homemaker and caretaker for the children. The Supreme Court determined that these decisions were a reasonable exercise of discretion by the lower court and affirmed the decision.
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