Monacelli v. Gonzalez

Kathalina Monacelli appeals a final judgment dissolving a marriage, awarding her $200 per month in alimony, and giving primary residential custody of the four minor children to the husband, Carlos Gonzalez, Jr.

This was a difficult case and the trial judge prepared a detailed and thoughtful final judgment. The wife did not supply this court with a transcript of the trial. “Without a record of the trial proceedings, the appellate court can not properly resolve the underlying factual issues so as to conclude that the trial court’s judgment is not supported by the evidence or by an alternative…