Higginbotham v. Higginbotham

EDWARD N. SCRUGGS, Retired Circuit Judge.

This is a domestic relations appeal from a judgment of the trial court which overruled the husband’s posttrial motion.

The pertinent proceedings in the trial court in chronological order were as follows:

*1111. A divorce judgment was rendered on October 8, 1982.

2. The husband filed his Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure rule 59 motion on October 27, 1982. He alleged that he was not informed of the date of the divorce trial, and he complained of the division of marital assets.

3. The husband orally amended his motion on March 29,1983 so as to, alternatively, seek…