Louk v. Louk

This is an appeal by Sally C. Louk from an order of the Circuit Court of Randolph County which modified a previous divorce .decree and which transformed a prior permanent alimony award into a rehabilitative alimony award payable for .a maximum of five years. On appeal, the appellant claims that the trial court erred in modifying the permanent alimony award. After reviewing the law and the record, this Court agrees and reverses the decision of the circuit court.

On March 27, 1986, the appellant and Luther J. Louk, who had been married thirty-three years, and who were contemplating a divorce,…