Morgan v. Morgan

The parties have raised numerous issues on appeal and cross-appeal. We affirm as to all issues except the trial court’s classification of alimony as “lump sum” and the award of attorney’s fees.

The trial court awarded appel-lee/cross-appellant, Dawn Nichols Morgan, the former wife, $279,000 payable in monthly installments of $1,500 for a term of 15jé years as “lump-sum alimony.” Although we hold that the court did not abuse its discretion by awarding $1,500 per month, we conclude that the court did abuse its discretion by designating the alimony as lump sum.

The lump-sum award was clearly…