Capps v. Capps

PEARSON, DANIEL, Judge.

I dissent. The words “Canakaris v. Canakaris ” are not talismans in the presence of which the rights of divorce litigants fade away and disappear. This noteworthy decision, which is slowly, surely and mistakenly being read to mean all things to all people, does not authorize a trial court to resolve as it pleases the financial aspects of broken marriages; does not require us to place our imprimatur on whatever outcome occurs in a dissolution proceeding; and, in the present case, does not sanction an award to the wife of mere rehabilitative alimony when permanent alimony…