Samelson v. Samelson

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Sutton.

The parties are here in the same order they appeared in the trial court, and will be referred to accordingly.

On January 27, 1960, plaintiff obtained a divorce from defendant. As an incident to the decree, defendant was ordered to pay plaintiff $300.00 per month for three months together with a sum of $7,800.00 in lieu of permanent alimony. By this writ of error plaintiff seeks to have this provision declared inadequate.

The question of whether alimony is to be *62awarded, and the amount thereof, is within the sound discretion of the trial court, and will not be…