COKER v. COKER

No. S09F1159.

685 S.E.2d 70 (2009)

COKER v. COKER.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 19, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Kaufman, Lindsay S. Marks, Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.

Thomas N. Brunt, Jason P. Hood, Brunt & Hood, LLC, Cartersville, for appellee.


HINES, Justice.

Edward Coker ("Husband") appeals an award of lump sum alimony to Angela Coker ("Wife") in the trial court's final judgment and decree of divorce, and the subsequent denial of his motion for new trial thereon.1 For the reasons that follow, we reverse that portion of the decree which awarded alimony.

The evidence presented at the bench trial of this case showed that the parties were married in 1981 and separated in...

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