Judgment partially reversed in parties’ divorce case; trial court erred in concluding severability clause in divorce decree and is ordered to strike that language from judgment on remand; remaining portions of trial court’s judgment, affirmed; trial court had authority to strike husband’s jury trial demand as proper sanctions for his willful refusal to participate in specially set trial; language in divorce decree regarding treatment of $200K lump sum property division as alimony in event husband files bankruptcy prior to paying amount in full did not change name of award; trial court did not err under 19-6-2 in including wife’s attorneys’ fees for appellate proceedings during pendency of litigation in its fee award.
Kautter v. Kautter, S09F0958 (10/19/09).