Stewart v. Stewart

I concur in part and dissent in part. Canakaris is our polestar and I believe that under the law and the circumstances of this case we should reverse the awarding of rehabilitative rather than permanent alimony. I would, however, affirm the remainder of the trial court’s final judgment.

The parties met and became engaged while both were students at Emory University. They married in 1970 after they had both completed their undergraduate studies. The wife accompanied her husband to medical school at the University of Alabama and gave up her own graduate school and career plans. The wife worked…