Legal Opinion

Bracken v. Bracken

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided April 23, 1990No. 89-265PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

The parties to this action were divorced in 1974 and, at that time, the appellant, wife, was awarded alimony of $700.00 per month. Fourteen years later, in 1988, the appellee, ex-husband, filed a petition asking that the amount of alimony be either modified or terminated. The Chancellor ordered that alimony be reduced to $300 per month for six months and then terminated. Appellant appeals. We affirm as we cannot say the Chancellor clearly abused his discretion.. At the time of the divorce the appellee, husband, was fifty-one years old and a partner in a firm of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Wilson v. WilsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1987
  2. Boyles v. BoylesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980
  3. Harvey v. HarveySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
  4. Hurley v. HurleySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1973

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Herman v. HermanSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1998
  2. Burns v. BurnsCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2011
  3. Benn v. BennCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1997
  4. Mason v. MasonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2017
  5. Becker v. BeckerCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2019

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