Kenchel v. Kenchel

This is a divorce case.

The trial court after an ore tenus hearing divorced the parties, made an award of alimony in gross to the wife, and required the husband to pay child support. The parties agreed upon a division of property.

The wife appeals, contending in effect that the trial court erred in failing to award periodic alimony. We find error in the trial court's action and reverse.

Viewing the record with the attendant presumptions accorded the trial court's action, the following is pertinently revealed:

The parties to this action were married twenty-seven years. There were two children born…