APPELLATE COURT OPINIONS

In this appeal, a state prisoner appeals the trial court’s dismissal of his action in which he contends that he is entitled to the benefit of the 1989 Sentencing Reform Act’s allegedly lesser sentences for armed robbery, aggravated rape and aggravated kidnaping rather than the sentences imposed upon him at the time of his convictions in 1983. He also contends he is entitled, as a matter of law, to certain sentence reduction credits. Finally, he contends that, taken together, the downward adjustments of his sentence on the basis of these two contentions would entitle him to immediate release from custody. We affirm the dismissal of the prisoner's petition because it fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.

This is a post-divorce action. The mother filed a petition to enforce the provisions of the marital dissolution agreement. The agreement provided for payment of attorney’s fees and costs for legal action to enforce the marital dissolution agreement. The trial court denied the mother’s request for attorney’s fees and costs. We reverse and remand.

Patricia Louise Taylor Crocker (“Wife or “Appellant”) appeals the judgment of the trial court which granted divorce to Wife and Phillip Wayne Crocker (“Husband” or “Appellee”); awarded Wife rehabilitative alimony in the amount of $1,000.00 per month for a period of twenty-four (24) months; awarded Wife court costs and attorney’s fees as alimony in solido in the amount of $4,000.00; awarded each party the separate property he/she respectively owned before marriage or inherited during marriage; and divided the property acquired during the marriage as follows:

Wife: 

 1.  Real property located at Three Way in Madison County upon which   Wife’s dancing school business was located. Value $53,500 Debt $37,500

Husband:

1. 33.5-acre Gibson County farm. Value $25,800 Debt $0

2. 115.5-acre Gibson County farm Value $95,200 Debt $95,000