Hackney v. Hackney

WALDEN, Chief Judge.

Husband appeals a final judgment of dissolution. We reverse the judgment insofar as it awarded the husband’s interest in jointly owned stock to the wife as lump sum alimony. We affirm the remainder of the judgment as being a proper exercise of the trial court’s discretion.

The wife requested alimony in her petition for dissolution, but thereafter testified plainly that she did not require any alimony, but would need child support for the three minor children. The trial court nonetheless made, in addition to child support, the lump sum alimony award.

The wife’s knowledgeable…