Court Opinion

ID: 9845956
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 03:31:51.13894+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:16:29.884524
License: Public Domain

*106Littlejohn, Justice
(dissenting) :
I respectfully dissent and would affirm the order of the lower court. From a reading of the entire contract and the testimony given at the hearing, I am convinced that, as a matter of law, the agreement was final and settled all property and money disputes between the parties, including alimony.
The appellant wife admits that she read the agreement, understood its terms, and executed it. Paragraph 14 refers to it as a “. . . final property settlement and support agreement . . ..” It also states, “This agreement embodies the full understanding of the parties hereto.” While the word “alimony” might have been used in this paragraph in addition to “support”, I am convinced that the parties understood, or certainly should have understood at the time, that it encompassed a final disposition of all money and/or property disputes. Only a strained construction would permit the judge, on remand, to make any other finding.