Tapp v. Tapp

CASANUEVA, Judge.

In this postdissolution action, the former wife, Lynda Tapp, appeals the dismissal of her petition for modification of alimony. We agree with her contention that the trial court misinterpreted the language of the settlement agreement and reverse.

The final judgment of dissolution, entered in 2000, incorporated the terms of a settlement agreement that the parties had negotiated with advice of counsel. The paragraph at issue concerns alimony and provides:

8. Alimony. The Court awards to the Wife permanent periodic alimony until the remarriage of the Wife or the death of either…