Durland v. Durland

HODGES, Vice Chief Justice.

This is a petition for certiorari from the Court of Appeals Division # 2. We are granting certiorari for the limited purposes of increasing the alimony judgment and awarding attorney fees to appellant for successfully prosecuting the appeal. The judgment of the trial court and the Court of Appeals is otherwise affirmed.

The appellant, Jeanne Marie Dur-land, contends the trial court abused its discretion in its award of an alimony judgment in the amount of $36,000.00. We agree.

The parties had been married nineteen years. The wife has only minimal income from her…