Ashby v. Ashby

€ 39 After this court's decision in Martinez v. Martinez, 818 P.2d 538 (Utah 1991), the legislature significantly amended the statutes related to alimony in divorcee cases. Subsection 30-3-5(8)(a) (2007) of the Utah Code now provides that a court "shall consider ... the following factors in determining alimony: ... (vil) whether the recipient spouse directly contributed to any increase in the payor spouse's skill by paying for education received by the payor spouse or allowing the payor spouse to attend school during the marriage."

40 Thus, in keeping with other developments in the…