Zinn v. Zinn

Della W. Zinn, the appellant in this appeal from a final decree entered in a divorce proceeding, contends that the trial court erred in failing to award her alimony. We agree.

On April 28, 1975, Virgil Zinn sued the appellant, his wife, for divorce. The appellant answered and counterclaimed. In her counterclaim she prayed that the court order the plaintiff to pay her temporary and permanent alimony for her support and maintenance.

An extensive hearing was held in the matter on October 16, 1975. At that hearing the appellant introduced evidence tending to show that her husband had become…