J.L.M. v. S.A.K.

I concur in the result of the main opinion because of the language used by our legislature in Ala.Code 1975, § 30-2-55. That statute requires the termination of periodic alimony upon petition and proof that a former spouse has either remarried or is living openly or cohabiting with a member of the opposite sex. Although the courts have construed the intention behind the enactment of § 30-2-55 to be to require termination of alimony in those situations in which a former spouse’s postmar-ital relationship rises above “the occasional brief sojourn” but might not be considered to amount to a…