Sherlock v. Sherlock

The husband appeals a final judgment of dissolution of marriage, arguing that the trial court erred in denying his request for permanent, periodic alimony. We affirm.

The wife petitioned for dissolution after 17 years of marriage. The husband requested permanent periodic alimony, citing the length of the marriage, the disparity in the parties’ incomes, his need, and the wife’s ability to pay. By statute, the marriage was presumptively a long-term marriage. § 61.08(4), Fla. Stat. (2013) (“For purposes of determining alimony, there is a rebuttable presumption that a ... long-term marriage is a…