Ramsey v. Ramsey

ROBERTSON, Presiding Judge.

After an ore tenus proceeding, the trial court declined to modify the alimony provisions of a prior divorce decree.

The parties were divorced in May 1979. In April 1990, the husband filed a petition to modify the final decree of divorce seeking to terminate his obligation to pay periodic alimony. The wife then filed a counterclaim seeking to increase the alimony award. Prior to a hearing, the husband dismissed his petition for modification.

After a hearing on the wife’s counterclaim, the trial court found that “[t]he relative disparity of the parties’ material wealth…