Sandra K. Lewis v. Michael F. Lewis

Case Number
M2002-02964-COA-R3-CV

This appeal involves a husband's obligation to provide rehabilitative support to his former wife following the dissolution of their twenty-one year marriage. The wife filed a divorce complaint in the Circuit Court for Rutherford County. After an attempted reconciliation failed, the husband filed an answer and counterclaim for divorce. The trial court conducted a bench trial and granted the wife a divorce on the ground of adultery. The trial court also ordered the husband to pay the wife $1,000 per month in rehabilitative spousal support for seven years. The husband appealed. We agree with the trial court's decision to award the wife spousal support for seven years; however we modify the judgment to clarify the support as transitional support rather than rehabilitative.

Authoring Judge
Presiding Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Originating Judge
Judge J. S. Daniel
Case Name
Sandra K. Lewis v. Michael F. Lewis
Date Filed
Dissent or Concur
No
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