Monica R. Williams v. Claude Williams

• Court: Court of Appeals of Tennessee
• Decided: January 29, 1997
• Docket: 02A01-9604-CV-00088
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE, WESTERN SECTION AT JACKSON _______________________________________________________

) MONICA R. WILLIAMS, ) Shelby County Circuit Court ) No. 147704 R.D. Plaintiff/Appellee. ) ) VS. ) C. A. NO. 02A01-9604-CV-00088 ) CLAUDE WILLIAMS, ) ) FILED Defendant/Appellant. ) Jan. 29, 1997 ) ______________________________________________________________________________ Cecil Crowson, Jr. Appellate Court Clerk OPINION AND ORDER ______________________________________________________________________________

Claude D. Williams (Husband) appeals from the trial court’s award of rehabilitative

alimony to be paid to Monica R. Williams (Wife) at $500 per month for eighteen months.

This was a marriage of approximately five years duration. Wife was a junior in

college attending school full-time and working two part-time jobs. She testified that her net income

was $880 and her expenses $1,507 per month. Husband has an engineering degree and earns

approximately $38,000 annually. No children were born to the marriage. Wife was granted the

divorce on the grounds of inappropriate marital conduct.

Upon reviewing this record, we conclude that the trial court was correct in

determining that this was a proper case for rehabilitative alimony. The evidence supports need on

the part of Wife and the ability to pay on the part of Husband.

The judgment is affirmed in accordance with Court of Appeals Rule 10(a)(1)(3).1

1 Rule 10 Court of Appeals - (a) Affirmance Without Opinion. The Court, with the concurrence of all judges participating in the case, may affirm the action of the trial court by order without rendering a formal opinion when an opinion would have no precedential value and one or more of the following circumstances exist and are dispositive of the appeal: (1) the Court concurs in the facts as found or as found by necessary implication by the trial court. .... (3) no reversible error of law appears.

1 Costs of this appeal are taxed to the appellant, for which execution may issue if necessary.

________________________________ FARMER, J.

______________________________ HIGHERS, J. (Concurs)

______________________________ LILLARD, J. (Concurs)