Mayfield v. Mayfield

In this divorce action, the trial court divided the parties' real and personal property, awarded custody of the children to the wife, and declined to award spousal support to the husband. The court of appeals (1) affirmed the trial court's custody determination and, except for the trial court's refusal to divide the wife's post-separation income, upheld the classification and division of the marital estate; but (2) reversed the trial court's judgment regarding spousal support and ordered the wife to to pay the husband transitional alimony in the amount of $2000 per month for thirty-six months. The Supreme Court (1) reversed that portion of the court of appeals' judgment awarding the husband transitional alimony, holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in declining to award the husband transitional alimony; and (2) affirmed in all other respects the intermediate appellate court's decision.View "Mayfield v. Mayfield " on Justia Law