Legal Opinion
Burlew v. Burlew
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided February 20, 2001PublishedCited by 23 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · DrowotaDrowota, J.
in which, ANDERSON, C.J., BIRCH, HOLDER, and BARKER, JJ., joined.
The issue in this divorce case concerns the type and amount of alimony that should be awarded to the Wife. The trial court awarded her $220,000 of alimony in solido to be paid out in decreasing amounts over eight years, and declined to award her rehabilitative alimony. The Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s in solido award but remanded the case to the trial court to award rehabilitative alimony of at least $1,000 per month for a reasonable period of time. Before this Court, the Husband/appellee argues that…
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