Magarowicz v. Magarowicz

WIGGINTON, Judge.

The wife appeals the final judgment of dissolution awarding her, inter alia, the marital home and a 1977 Chrysler New Yorker as lump sum alimony. The issues presented are whether the trial court erred in failing to award permanent periodic alimony and in failing to retain jurisdiction specifically to award permanent alimony in the future.

The parties to this appeal were married for thirty-five years before they separated on March 6, 1981. Their four children are grown and are no longer dependent upon their parents for support. The husband is fifty-seven years old. The wife is…