Hall v. Hall

In my opinion, the trial court erred when it awarded the wife the sum of $12,000 as lump sum alimony and gave her possession of the marital home until the husband fully paid the award.

In this less than three year marriage, the record neither demonstrates any evidence showing that the parties accumulated assets during their marriage which required the award to facilitate an equitable distribution, nor does it support the award as an alternative to periodic rehabilitative alimony. On the other hand, the record does support the conclusion that the husband could only pay the lump sum award by…