Randy Russell, Appellant v. Andrea Russell, Appellee

Summary

The Supreme Court of Arkansas affirmed the circuit court's divorce decree and vacated the court of appeals' opinion. It held that the circuit court could use a short-term alimony award as a complementary device to offset an unequal distribution of marital property, and that the valuation assigned to the husband's interest in the business was not clearly erroneous because conflicting expert and lay evidence supported it. Justice Danielson concurred, agreeing with the result but asserting that the payments should not be characterized or evaluated as traditional alimony.