Nutter v. Nutter

This is an appeal by Antoinette Nutter from an order of the Circuit Court of Jackson County which denied her alimony in a divorce proceeding. The court had previously granted Mr. Nutter a divorce on the ground that he had lived separate and apart from his wife for more than one year. On appeal, Mrs. Nutter contends that the trial court erred in failing to award her alimony. We agree, and we reverse the judgment of the Circuit Court of Jackson County.

Mr. and Mrs. Nutter were married on September 18, 1950. They lived together from that time until August 20,1977, when Mr. Nutter left the marital…