Nielsen v. Nielsen

GULOTTA, Judge.

In this appeal by the husband from a judgment in a rule to reduce alimony, we are confronted with three questions: 1) whether the wife is entitled to any alimony after divorce; 2) if she is so entitled, whether the award, after reduction, is excessive; and, 3) whether the judgment of reduction should be retroactive to the date of the filing of the rule.

The trial judge awarded, after divorce, pending settlement of the community, $850.00 per month alimony. After settlement of the community, in response to a rule to reduce, the court ordered Nielsen to pay $500.00 per month…