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Michigan Law - What Are Some Examples of Alimony Awards? The following are some examples of alimony awards. Cases: Hanaway (1995) 527 N.W.2d 792, 208 Mich.App. 278 (The court determined that the wife should have been awarded alimony, even though she was awarded $560,000 of marital property. The wife should not have been expected to expend her assets to support herself. The parties had enjoyed an affluent lifestyle during the marriage, and at the time of the divorce the husband was earning $371,000 a year, while the wife was earning $27,000. These factors in addition to the 24 year duration of the marriage should have entitled the wife to an award of alimony. The lower court also erred in deeming the husband's stock in his business, worth $480,000 and given to him by his father, as his separate property. While the business appreciated in value due to the husband's efforts, the wife took on the duty of homemaker. The wife had raised the parties' three children. The wife's role in the breakup of the marriage was considered in the court's original award of 60% of the marital estate to the husband and 40% to the wife. The parties' three children had all reached majority at the time of the divorce.) Ianitelli (1993) 502 N.W.2d 691, 199 Mich.App. 641, 1993 (In this case, the judge ordered the husband to pay $12,000 a year in alimony. The judge took into account the twenty-year duration of the marriage, and the husband's substantial assets. The decision was also made in light of the husband's gambling in the early years of the marriage, despite the wife's concern for financial stability. At the time of the divorce the husband was forty-seven and the wife was fifty years old. Both parties were in good health. The husband was earning $130,000 a year while the wife was earning $28,000. The husband also owned $200,000 worth of stock in his family's business. Although the husband claimed that the wife should not have been awarded alimony because she was cohabiting with a male companion, the court disagreed. The wife's cohabitation did not constitute a change in circumstances, as the court and the husband both new the cohabitation was taking place at the time of the divorce. Additionally, although the wife had no rent or mortgage expenses, there was no evidence that her companion was providing any support for her. The court also could not conclude the award of alimony to be inequitable in light of the great disparity in income between the two parties.) Moser (1990) 457 N.W.2d 70, 184 Mich.App. 111 (In this case, custody was awarded to the father and alimony to the mother. With respect to custody, the mother was inattentive. She did not make her 13-year-old daughter go to school. She did not work, but engaged in extracurricular activities that took her away from the children. For example, the father had to arrange for his sister to take care of one of the children when that child had chicken pox. The court split the property 50/50, and it awarded the wife alimony of $65 a week.)
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