Deborah R. Chase v. Christopher W. Chase

Syllabus

This appeal involves matters of alimony and valuation of marital property upon the divorce of the parties, who were married for twenty-four years. Following its valuation of certain marital assets, the trial court distributed the parties' substantial marital assets in near-equal shares. The trial court awarded to the wife rehabilitative alimony and alimony in futuro based on its determinations that the wife had demonstrated a need for alimony and that the husband had the ability to pay. The husband has appealed. Discerning no reversible error, we affirm the trial court's spousal support award in its entirety. We also affirm the trial court's value placed on the husband's medical practice. Exercising our discretion, we decline to award attorney's fees to the wife on appeal.