Kyles v. Kyles

THOMAS, Judge!

Patricia Kyles (“the .wife”) appeals from a judgment of the Mobile Circuit Court (“the trial court”) divorcing her and Gregory Bernard Kyles (“the husband”) and, among other things, awarding her monthly alimony; the wife asserts that the amount of monthly alimony awarded to her is insufficient.

We first address the unusual procedural posture of this case. On June 4, 2012, the husband filed a complaint in the trial court seeking a divorce; the wife filed an answer and a counterclaim for a divorce on February 26, 2013.1 A trial was held on February 27, 2013, at which the trial…