Bennett v. Bennett

The plaintiff, Clyde N. Bennett, who was awarded a decree of divorce from his wife, Bernice Bennett, the defendant herein, after marriage of about one year, appeals from that portion of the decree of the trial court which awarded $2,000 in cash to the defendant as “lump sum alimony.” Plaintiff asserts that the trial court had no jurisdiction to require him, as the party not at fault, to pay alimony and relies upon ORS 107.100 (1), (c), to sustain his position.

ORS 107.100 provides in part as follows:

“ (1) Whenever a marriage is declared void or dissolved, the court has power to further decree…