2014 Ark. App. 697 - Webb v. Webb’s Empirical Analysis

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47 state decisions

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1. “Appeals of domestic-relations proceedings are reviewed de novo. Wadley v. Wadley, 2012 Ark. App. 208, at 2 , 395 S.W.3d 411, 413 . The decision to grant alimony lies within the sound discretion of the ■ circuit court and will not be reversed on appeal, absent an abuse of discretion. Taylor v. Taylor, 369 Ark. 31, 34 , 250 S.W.3d 232, 235 (2007). It should also be noted that the division of marital property and an award of alimony are complementary devices that a circuit court may employ to make the dissolution of the marriage financially equitable. Webb v. Webb, 2014 Ark. App. 697, at 3-4 , 450 S.W.3d 265, 268-69 . There can be no abuse of discretion, and a circuit court’s decision regarding these issues cannot be overturned unless it |3can be demonstrated that it exercised its discretion improvidently or thoughtlessly without due consideration. Smithson v. Smithson, 2014 Ark. App. 340 , 436 S.W.3d 491 . An award of alimony is not mandatory but rather is discretionary, and the circuit court’s decision regarding any such award will not be reversed on appeal absent an abuse of that discretion. Smithson, supra. This court has recognized that a circuit court is in the best position to view the needs of the parties in connection with an alimony award. Id. The purpose of alimony is to rectify the economic imbalance in the earning power and standard of living of the divorcing parties, in light of the particular facts of each case. Id. The primary factors are the financial need of on”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2017 Ark. App. 311 - Beck v. Beck