Weiss v. Weiss

579 So.2d 539 (1991)

Thomas Edward WEISS

v.

Barbara Beverly WEISS.

No. 89-CA-1227.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 17, 1991.

Jimmy D. McGuire, McGuire & Cox, Gulfport, for appellant.

Thomas Wright Teel, Sekul Hornsby Teel & Tisdale, Biloxi, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and PITTMAN and BANKS, JJ.

BANKS, Justice, for the Court:

Here we are called upon to decide in this appeal (1) whether a Mississippi court has jurisdiction to determine alimony where the parties were previously granted a foreign divorce without the litigation of alimony and (2) whether alimony was properly awarded in the…