Family Law

Periodic alimony award reversed by Mississippi Court of Appeals

By Robert M. Kisselburgh, Esq.

Alimony award reversed in Mississippi divorce

The Mississippi Court of Appeals recently reversed an award of alimony in a divorce case from Neshoba County, Mississippi. In Sellers v. Sellers, the couple had a marital estate valued at $304,230. The wife had a non-marital estate valued at $13,620 while the husband had a non-marital estate of $137,500.

In dividing the marital estate, the chancellor awarded the wife $142,990. The husband was given possession of the marital home, but the chancellor ordered the husband to pay $50,000 in lump-sum alimony to the wife for her one-half equity in the marital home. After this award, the wife's award was valued at $192,990 while the husband got $111,240. Following that award, the chancellor then ordered the husband to pay the wife $12,600 in periodic alimony. The husband appealed.

Full post as published by Mississippi Family Law Blog on September 07, 2009 (boomark / email).