Stewart v. Stewart

The appellant in this proceeding, Richard M. Stewart, claims that the Circuit Court of Cabell County erred in ordering him to pay his former wife permanent alimony of $3,837 per month. Specifically, he argues that the circuit court improperly found him guilty of mental cruelty, that the court erred in awarding his former wife permanent, rather than rehabilitative alimony, and that the court erred in setting the permanent alimony at $3,837 per month, when his actual monthly income was only $6,000 per month. Lastly, the appellant claims that he should not have been ordered to pay his former…