Lancaster v. Lancaster

OPINION

CONNER, Judge.

This is a dispute over the division of property and alimony in a divorce case.

The wife, plaintiff-appellee, Bette C. Lancaster, age 49, sued the husband, defendant-appellant, Edd T. Lancaster, 1 age 50, for divorce on the basis of cruel and inhuman treatment and adultery. In her pleadings she further sought a division of the marital property of the parties and alimony pendente lite. In a discovery deposition taken prior to trial the husband admitted adultery. At trial plaintiff sought permanent alimony though there was never any formal amendment of her complaint seeking…