Legal Opinion
Finch v. Finch
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 6, 1977No. 11460 and 11475PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired:
By an Order and Judgment entered in the Family Division of the Superior Court, Sara Lee Finch (the wife) was awarded an absolute divorce from Charles Clifford Finch (the husband). Challenging provisions of the Order that affected adversely their respective interests, both parties appealed.
In pertinent part, the Order (1) required the husband to pay the wife, as alimony, $338.00 monthly; (2) denied the wife a share of the husband’s Foreign Service Annuity as her separate property; (3) awarded the parties an “equal 50 percent interest” in jointly owned real…
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- Mumma v. MummaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
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