Clark v. Clark

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Miller, J.:

This is a divorce case. The respondent wife, Jean Clark, appeals from the trial court’s order and judgment dividing the property and refusing to award alimony. The Court of Appeals, in an unpublished opinion, approved the division of property but reversed and remanded with directions to award alimony to the wife in an amount to be determined by the trial court. We granted review.

We first turn to the factual background. The parties were married on August 19, 1974. Divorce was granted on May 13, 1983, so the marriage existed for a little less…