Vincent v. Vincent

Andersen, J.—

Facts of Case

The issues for decision in this case relate to whether an award of monthly payments to a former wife in a divorce decree is alimony, and if so, whether the former husband’s obligation to pay it survives his death.

After 10% years of marriage, a decree of divorce dissolving the parties’ marriage was entered in March of 1971. The plaintiff, Otto J. Vincent, was 75 years old at the time and the defendant, Mabel E. Vincent, was 62 years old. No children were born of the marriage.

Following a contested divorce trial in 1971, the court ruled in its oral decision:

The Court is…