Colgan v. Colgan

PITTMAN, Judge.

Walter Marón Colgan (“the husband”) appeals from a judgment of divorce entered by the Lauderdale Circuit Court that, in addition to containing other financial and property rulings, directed him to pay periodic alimony of $425 per month to Carole Ann Colgan (“the wife”) and, as a component of its division of marital property, awarded the wife one-half of the husband’s retirement benefits. We reverse and remand.

In February 2013, the wife filed a complaint seeking a judgment of legal separation, averring that the parties had married in 1984. After unsuccessfully seeking dismissal…