ALDERMAN, Chief Justice.
In this divorce case the wife appeals, contending that the trial court erred by awarding rehabilitative rather than permanent alimony. We hold that the trial court did err when, as a pre-condition to the award of permanent alimony, it placed upon the wife the burden of showing that she must be completely and permanently dependent upon her husband for the rest of her life.
In its final order dissolving the marriage the trial court said...
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