Domestic relations – Alimony Reform Act – Retroactivity
Where a divorce judgment required the husband to pay alimony until “the death of either party or the wife’s remarriage,” the husband’s request under the Alimony Reform Act for termination of his...
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Where a divorce judgment entered in 2008, the Alimony Reform Act of 2011 does not warrant modification of the husband’s obligation to pay alimony, as the statute is prospective only. “A Probate and...
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Where a plaintiff who was divorced in 1992 sought modification of his alimony obligation, the Alimony Reform Act of 2011 is not retroactively applicable, so it could serve as the basis for a...
View ArticleDomestic relations – Division of assets – Alimony Reform Act
Where (1) a wife was served with a divorce complaint on Aug. 29, 2012 and (2) between that date and Sept. 30, 2013, when the parties entered into a separation agreement, the husband earned $96,000 in...
View ArticleDomestic relations – Alimony Reform Act – Retroactivity
Where a Probate & Family Court judge applied the durational limits of the Alimony Reform Act of 2011 to an alimony agreement that predated the statute’s effective date, that was not...
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