Christopher Foster, Appellant v. Leah Foster, Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed the circuit court’s award of rehabilitative alimony, attorney’s fees, and litigation expenses, while vacating the intermediate appellate court’s opinion. It held that the traditional alimony factors also apply to rehabilitative alimony, that a rehabilitation plan is permissive rather than mandatory, and that the amount and duration of the award were not an abuse of discretion. Justice Wood, concurring in part and dissenting in part, would have reversed and remanded the alimony award, and Chief Justice Brill, dissenting, would have held that the award was permanent rather than rehabilitative alimony.