Abbott v. Abbott

BLUE, Chief Judge.

Jerry Daniel Abbott, the former husband, appeals the final judgment dissolving his twenty-three-year marriage to Deborah Abbott, the former wife. He argues that the trial court erred by imputing income to him, setting alimony, and distributing a $12,000 debt without sufficient evidence that it was a marital liability. We affirm the distribution of marital debt without discussion, but we reverse the award of alimony.

After almost twenty-one years of marriage that produced three children, the parties separated in September 1997. The Former Husband testified that he had earned…