Baranco v. Baranco

WATKINS, Judge.

We granted writs to review the propriety of the granting by the trial court of a stay of a rule for arrearages in permanent alimony filed by Mrs. Laura Mae Joseph Bar-anco pending a hearing of the rule filed by Dr. Beverly V. Baranco, her former husband, to terminate alimony retroactively.

The parties were divorced in 1976. A consent decree awarded Mrs. Baranco the sum of $400.00 per month. Both parties reserved the right to challenge the adequacy or inadequacy of the award, and also to raise the question of fault.

On October 8, 1980, the husband filed a rule to terminate alimony…