Olsen v. Olsen

This is an appeal by defendant-husband from an order on mandate in which plain*277tiff-wife was awarded $125 a week permanent alimony. This award followed plaintiff’s appeal and our reversal1 of a lump sum alimony award of $15,000 in the final decree in which the wife was granted a divorce. We remanded the cause with directions to the chancellor to enter an order for alimony to be paid in periodic installments, taking into consideration the needs of the plaintiff, the ability of the defendant, and the many guides and factors which the decided cases furnish upon the subject of alimony. There was…