Court Opinion

ID: 9748441
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-27 16:01:39.26763+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:25:35.296207
License: Public Domain

BECK, J.,
concurring.
¶ 1 I agree that the order placing Husband’s commutation award in an escrow account should be affirmed. I do so because the order implements an explicit contractual agreement entered by Husband and Wife on September 25, 1996 to the effect that Husband was to pay Wife permanent non-modifiable alimony amounting to $500.00 per month, subject to certain conditions which are not applicable in the instant litigation. The trial court entered an order that incorporated the parties’ stipulation shortly before the court issued the parties’ divorce decree. I therefore reason that Husband owes Wife $500.00 per month in alimony, regardless of whether he pays this sum from workers’ compensation benefits, from the commutation of the workers’ compensation benefits, or from any other source. We are not dealing with equitable distribution of marital property, but with the contractual agreement of the parties. I therefore would affirm the court’s order.