Monica R. Williams, v. Claude Williams

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.