LILLEHEI v. LILLEHEI

No. 49727.

298 N.W.2d 453 (1980)

Joyce Wellsley LILLEHEI, Appellant, v. James Perry LILLEHEI, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

October 17, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederikson, Byron, Colborn, Bisbee & Hansen and John Cairns and Marsha Freeman, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Lindquist & Vennum and Jerrold Bergfalk, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.


TODD, Justice.

Joyce Lillehei appeals from the portion of the judgment and decree of marital dissolution entered on October 12, 1978, which limited her award of alimony of $800 per month to a period of two years. We reverse in part and remand with instructions.

The sole issue presented is whether the trial court abused its discretion in terminating alimony upon the expiration of the two-year period. It is our view...

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