Carpenter v. Carpenter

519 So.2d 891 (1988)

Stanley Malcolm CARPENTER

v.

Anne Hudson CARPENTER.

No. 57460.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 3, 1988.

Rehearing Denied February 24, 1988.

Lawrence C. Gunn, Jr., Lee P. Gore, Hattiesburg, for appellant.

Frank D. Montague, Jr., Gray, Montague & Pittman, Hattiesburg, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and PRATHER and ZUCCARO, JJ.

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

The appropriateness of alimony and attorneys fees' awards in a divorce action when the wife's net worth exceeded that of her husband is the subject of this appeal from the Chancery Court of Forrest County. This…