Lochridge v. Lochridge

This is a divorce case. On September 13, 1983 the parties to this appeal were divorced by a decree of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County. As a part of that decree husband was ordered to pay wife $5,000 per month as periodic alimony and an attorney's fee of $35,000.

Husband appeals and argues here that the trial court abused its discretion in the award of periodic alimony and attorney's fees. We find no abuse and affirm.

Without relating the evidence in detail, the record shows that the parties were married in 1968 when husband was a freshman in medical school. The husband is now thirty-six…