APPELLATE COURT OPINIONS

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying the motion filed by Appellant, Eastera Bell Porter, individually and as surviving spouse and next friend of Jasper D. Porter, deceased, under Rule 60 T.R.C.P., to set aside the summary judgments entered in favor of the appellees, Jesse McGee, M.D. and Methodist Hospitals of Memphis (Methodist). After review of the record, we find an absence of abuse by the trial court in this regard and affirm. We set forth our reasons below.

Claude D. Williams (Husband) appeals from the trial court’s award of rehabilitative alimony to be paid to Monica R. Williams (Wife) at $500 per month for eighteen months. This was a marriage of approximately five years duration. Wife was a junior in college attending school full-time and working two part-time jobs. She testified that her net income was $880 and her expenses $1,507 per month. Husband has an engineering degree and earns approximately $38,000 annually. No children were born to the marriage. Wife was granted the divorce on the grounds of inappropriate marital conduct.