Jackson v. Jackson

HUNSTEIN, Presiding Justice.

Delphine Jackson (“Wife”) filed for divorce from Ronnie Jackson (“Husband”) after 23 years of marriage, seeking alimony and child support. A temporary order of support was entered in April 2005; in January 2006 the trial court found Husband in wilful contempt of that order and awarded Wife attorney fees. Two months later, after a bench trial at which only the parties testified, the trial court granted the parties a total divorce and, pertinent to this appeal, declined to award Wife alimony, required Husband to continue payments (including temporary alimony, child…