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REPORTED IN THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS OF MARYLAND No. 01308 September Term, 2001 _______________________________

ERLE HARMER LEE

V.

RICHARD PAUL LEE

_______________________________ Salmon, Krauser, Sharer, JJ. _______________________________ Opinion by Salmon, J.

Filed: December 20, 2002

The chancellor granted the appellant, Erle Lee ("Mrs. Lee"), an award of rehabilitative alimony in the amount of $1,500 per month for three years. permanent alimony. He declined, however, to award Mrs. Lee

The main issue presented in this appeal is

whether reversible error was committed by his failure to award permanent alimony. I. BACKGROUND FACTS

A hearing was held on July 20-22, 2001, in the Circuit Court for Washington County. The focus of the hearing was to determine

whether Mrs. Lee was entitled to indefinite alimony, and if not, the amount and duration of temporary alimony. The appellee,

Richard Paul Lee ("Mr. Lee"), conceded that Mrs. Lee was entitled to receive some temporary alimony. Mrs. Lee was fifty at the time of the hearings. four years her senior. The parties were married in 1972. Eight years later, they Mr. Lee is

became parents of a son, Richard Paul Lee, Jr., who is now an adult college student. Lee's employment During the first fourteen years of marriage, Mr. responsibilities caused the family to move which

frequently, sometimes to areas

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