Nolen v. Nolen

This is a divorce case.

The trial court divorced the parties, awarded custody of the parties' two minor children to the wife, ordered the husband to pay child support and periodic alimony, and ordered a division of property. The wife appeals and we affirm in part and reverse in part.

The dispositive issue is whether the trial court abused its discretion in limiting the award of periodic alimony to one year.

The record, reviewed with the attendant presumptions, reveals the following:

The parties were married for approximately twenty-four years. Four children were born of the union. Of these four…