Consequently, it cannot be said that the trial court was clearly erroneous in finding that Husband's actions constituted extreme cruelty. Wife requested an award of alimony from Husband. Wife presented no evidence of any educational need or plan of action to support an award of rehabilitative alimony and the trial court awarded none. In awarding alimony, the trial court, though it has broad discretion, must rest its decision upon several factors as they appear material to the facts and circumstances of each specific case. In reviewing these factors, this case reveals that this was a lengthy marriage that lasted twenty-four years.
Husband is forty-six years old while wife is fifty years old.
Both are in good health, although the strain of Husband's behavior combined with the stress of divorce proceedings has caused Wife anxiety and related physical symptoms. Fault for the termination of the marriage rests with Husband. Husband's earning capacity is clearly far greater than that of Wife. Husband argues that this settlement has placed him in a difficult financial position because of the debt he agreed to assume and what he owes Wife in cash. These are not people of great financial means.