Coker v. Coker

HINES, Justice.

Edward Coker (“Husband”) appeals an award of lump sum alimony to Angela Coker (“Wife”) in the trial court’s final judgment and decree of divorce, and the subsequent denial of his motion for new trial thereon. For the reasons that follow, we reverse that portion of the decree which awarded alimony.

The evidence presented at the bench trial of this case showed that the parties were married in 1981 and separated in 2005. They have no children. Beginning in 1986, the couple resided in a mobile home they owned, located on a 154-acre tract of land owned by Husband’s family in Bartow…