Therriault v. Therriault

Upon careful review of the record and consideration of the totality of the circumstances presented therein, we conclude the trial court did not abuse its discretion in ordering Troy Therriault, the former husband, to pay to Lisa Therriault, the former wife, $1,123.67 per month in permanent periodic alimony when it dissolved the parties’ “moderate-term” marriage of nearly sixteen years. See §§ 61.08(4) & 61.08(8), Fla. Stat. (2010). The alimony award is based on competent and substantial evidence and does not cause either spouse to pass “ ‘automatically from misfortune to prosperity or from…