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JIM NAJIB JIRJIS v. TAMMY SUE JIRJIS

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on May 1, 2014

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1:

Robert E. Lee Davies, Franklin, Tennessee, for the appellant, Tammy Sue Jirjis.

Attorneys 2:

Helen Sfikas Rogers, Lawrence James Kamm, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Jim Najib Jirjis.

Judge(s): COTTRELL

The trial court granted a divorce to a husband and wife after a marriage of nineteen years. The court named the husband as the primary residential parent of the parties’ children, divided the marital property between the parties, and awarded the wife transitional alimony of $3,000 per month for five years. The husband argues on appeal that the trial court erred in including his separate property in the marital estate subject to division. The wife argues that the alimony award was insufficient in light of the length of the parties’ marriage and the disparity in income between them, and that the court erred in failing to award her attorney’s fees. We agree that husband’s separate property should not be included in the marital estate, but that the division of property is still equitable. We hold that the wife is entitled to alimony in futuro. We also find that she should be awarded one-half of the attorney’s fees she incurred at trial.

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