Yankow v. Yankow

The husband appeals from a final judgment of dissolution in which he was ordered to pay the wife $5,000 lump-sum alimony when he receives his inheritance of approximately $45,000 from his late father’s estate. The judgment further provided the *469husband is to pay the wife $50 per week until the estate is settled, at which time he must pay the balance still owing on the lump-sum award. Keeping in mind that the standard to be applied here is the wife’s need and the husband’s ability to pay, we find that the record demonstrates that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in making its award.…