Conrad v. Conrad

McINERNEY, Justice.

This appeal presents the question of whether, under the circumstances presented here, the wife is entitled to receive alimony based on the husband’s future earning capacity. The sufficiency of the attorney fee allowed by the trial court is also challenged.

The parties were married on April 19, 1961. A divorce action was instituted by E. C. Conrad, as plaintiff, on December 12, 1966. The decree rendered on December 22, 1966, pursuant to a waiver filed by Helen Conrad, defendant, and an agreed property settlement, was vacated, after an extensive hearing, on January 16, 1967.…