Carter v. Carter

This is an appeal by a divorced wife from an order denying her motion to require her former husband to pay alimony. The court entered an order disclaiming authority to make an alimony award in a case where the decree of divorce itself did not grant alimony. For reasons stated in this opinion, we affirm the order.

The parties here were divorced from the bonds of matrimony by the Superior Court on June 17, 1981, after a three day trial on a complaint filed by the husband alleging that the couple had been separated for more than one year without cohabitation. Although the parties were still…