Legal Opinion

Sloan v. Sloan

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided April 24, 1967No. 8246PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CARMODY, Justice.

The amount awarded to the wife as permanent alimony is the only issue in this appeal. The trial court ordered the husband to pay $10,000.00 per year, and the wife appeals, claiming such amount is insufficient to support her in the manner to which she has become accustomed and that the husband can well afford a larger amount.

The wife argues that the trial court, in arriving at the amount of alimony, should not have considered her possible earning capacity or certain annuity possibilities, and that it also erred in failing to increase the alimony to require the husband…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Fitzgerald v. FitzgeraldNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1962

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Spingola v. SpingolaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1978
  2. Michelson v. MichelsonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1974
  3. Brister v. BristerNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1979
  4. Chrane v. ChraneNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1982
  5. Seymour v. SeymourNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1976

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