Catherine S. Cauthen v. Carey Lee Cauthen

Bay Minette, Alabama divorce lawyers represented husband and wife involving division of marital assets and child support.

The parties married in July 2013 and had one child ("the child"), who was born in 2016. On December 11, 2019, the wife filed a divorce action against the husband alleging incompatibility of temperament. On December 12, 2019, the trial court entered an order directing the parties to maintain the status quo as it existed during the marriage to the extent possible. To assist in the achievement of that goal, the order directed the parties to pay debts and recurring monthly financial obligations such as rent, utilities, groceries, and the like "in the same manner and from the same sources as they have customarily been paid during the marriage.



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Cauthen v. Cauthen, CL-2023-0382, CL-2023-0408 (Ala. Civ. App. Sep 27, 2024)

We reverse the judgment insofar as it incorrectly determined the value of the wife's pickup truck and failed to hold the wife in contempt for changing the source of payment for the Verizon bill in violation of the status quo order. In all other respects, we affirm the judgment. We remand the cause to the trial court for it to enter a new judgment consistent with this opinion.