Robertson v. Robertson

OPINION

in which FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., and E. RILEY ANDERSON, ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, Jr., and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., joined.

We granted this appeal to address the means for determining whether a disadvantaged spouse can be “rehabilitated” under § 36 — 5—101(d)(1) of the Tennessee Code Annotated. We hold that a trial court must consider all relevant factors in § 36 — 5—101(d)(1) to determine whether an economically disadvantaged spouse can be rehabilitated. Because the trial court properly applied the relevant statutory factors, we affirm the trial court’s award of alimony, as modified, in…