noting payee’s “disability render[ed] her incapable of self-support now or in the future” and made “[h]er need for alimony . . . absolute” and finding the payor had the ability to pay based on his receipt of passive rental income
How later courts described this case
- noting payee’s “disability render[ed] her incapable of self-support now or in the future” and made “[h]er need for alimony . . . absolute” and finding the payor had the ability to pay based on his receipt of passive rental income
- noting that spousal support “provide[s] the receiving spouse with support comparable to what he or she would receive if the marriage continued.”
- “An alimony award will differ in amount and duration according to the purpose it is designed to serve.”
- noting payee’s “disability render[ed] her incapable of self-support now or in the future,” making “[h]er need for alimony . . . absolute”
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
VOGEL, Judge
(dissenting).
I dissent. I find the amount of alimony set by the trial court adequately remedies inequities between the parties at this stage of their lives and the attendant economic consequences of the dissolution. To modify by reducing the amount of alimony, greatly reduces Carolyn’s ability to be able to meet her basic needs. Furthermore, relieving George’s estate of future alimony payments, although appropriate under certain circumstances, in this ease minimizes Carolyn’s continuing need for financial support.
I would affirm the district court’s decision in all respects.
STREIT, J., joins this dissent.