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

I agree that the judgment under review is due to be affirmed under the rationale I present below.

“Although based on the common-law obligation of the husband to support his wife, the court’s authority to award alimony upon grant of divorce is entirely statutory.” Ivey v. Ivey, 378 So.2d 1151, 1152 (Ala.Civ.App.1979) (emphasis added). Section 30-2-51(a), Ala.Code 1975, authorizes trial courts in divorce actions to order to one spouse allowances out of the estate of the other spouse when the recipient spouse does not have a sufficient separate estate; trial courts also “retain[ ] jurisdiction to…