Court Opinion

ID: 9697088
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 19:05:37.910051+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:20:29.055268
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White, C. Thomas, J.,
concurring in result.
I agree with the majority in the result. I disagree with any implication in the opinion that the result somehow follows a determination of responsibility for the initial breakdown of the marriage. The award of alimony and the division of property are determined by the circumstances of the parties at the time of dissolution of the marriage, the length of the marriage, the health, relative earning power, and education of the parties, and whether there are unemancipated children. See § 42-365, R. S. Supp., 1976. No case has said that the granting, denial, or reduction of alimony nor the division of property are to be considered punitive. I would not engraft any such provision on the law of this state.
White, C. J., and McCown and Brodkey, JJ., join in this concurrence.