Quinn v. Quinn

By decree of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County dated June 15, 1970, appellee Regina Quinn (the wife) was awarded a divorce a mensa et thoro from appellant John Quinn (the husband) on the ground of constructive desertion. The husband has appealed from that part of the decree (a) awarding alimony to the wife of $4,000 monthly, and (b) awarding a $15,000 counsel fee to the wife’s attorney. He claims that both awards were grossly excessive.

The parties, each now fifty-six years of age, were married in 1939. A son, the only child of the marriage, is now an adult. The parties separated in…