Rodgers v. Rodgers

“Alimony is a creation of statute. Although-based on the common-law obligation of the husband to support his wife, Davis v. Davis, 279 Ala. 643, 189 So.2d 158 (1966), the court’s authority to award alimony upon grant of divorce is entirely statutory. There is no vested right to the future payment of periodic alimony, Hager v. Hager, 293 Ala. 47, 299 So.2d 743 (1974); Gabbert v. Gabbert, 217 Ala. 599, 117 So. 214 (1928).”

Ivey v. Ivey, 378 So.2d 1151, 1152 (Ala.Civ.App.1979). An Alabama trial court’s authority to award periodic alimony to a spouse following a divorce arises solely from Ala.Code…