Elbaum v. Elbaum

Robert Elbaum appeals from a final order dismissing with prejudice his petition to terminate or modify his alimony obligations. We affirm because the marital settlement agreement unambiguously limited the ability to modify alimony to specific situations not raised in the petition.

After seventeen years of marriage, former husband and appellee Denise Elbaum were divorced. The 2007 final judgment dissolving their marriage incorporated a marital settlement agreement (the “Agreement”) requiring former husband to pay former wife $2,000 per month in permanent alimony until former husband reaches 62…