Holdstein v. Holdstein

VILLANTI, Judge.

The Former Wife appeals the trial court’s award of $400 per month in permanent periodic alimony to the Former Husband. Because the trial court’s findings are internally inconsistent with regard to the Former Husband’s need for alimony, we reverse and remand.

The parties divorced after seventeen years of marriage.1 A mediation agreement incorporated into the final judgment resolved child custody, parental responsibility, visitation, and equitable distribution. As a result, the Former Wife received primary residential custody of the parties’ two children. Mediation was not able…