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The trial court erred in awarding a former wife one year of rehabilitative alimony followed by five years of durational alimony as there was no evidentiary support for the amounts it awarded and the amounts were considerably lower than what any of her need scenarios showed. In addition, the written judgment was inconsistent with the trial court’s oral pronouncement. The trial court erred by excluding certain assets from the equitable distribution scheme as there was no evidence that proceeds from the sale of these assets by the former husband were used in the way described in the written judgment. The trial court’s valuation of the personal goodwill of the former husband’s business was supported by competent, substantial evidence. The lower court’s judgment was affirmed in part and reversed in part.