Wacker v. Wacker

The defendant contends that the judgment was one for a full and final division of the property of the parties; that under sec. 247.26, Stats.,' there can be no award for alimony on such division; and that the award of alimony contained in the judgment is void.

The statute referred to provides that in judgments of divorce not granted for adultery of the wife, the court may adjudge “to the wife such alimony out of the estate of the husband, for her support and maintenance,” or “may finally divide and distribute the estate, both real and personal, of the husband and so much of the estate of the…