Beason v. Beason

We consider whether the Court of Appeals properly reversed the trial court’s decision to terminate alimony under an express provision in the parties’ divorce judgment. We conclude that the Court of Appeals applied an erroneous standard in reviewing the decision of the trial court.

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After some twenty-eight years of marriage, the parties were divorced by a judgment of the Monroe Circuit Court dated, April 23, 1985, which was taken by settlement of the parties. Pursuant to the divorce judgment, plaintiff Kenneth Beason was to pay alimony of $320 per month to defendant, Mary Beason. The divorce…