In re Canaway

The petitioner, Kenneth Canaway (husband), appeals a decision of the Laconia Family Division (Sadler, J.) denying his petition to terminate alimony payments to the respondent, Mary Canaway (wife), and awarding the wife attorneys’ fees. We affirm.

The record supports the following facts. The parties were divorced in 1994 following twenty-four years of marriage. At that time, in addition to dividing the parties’ marital assets, the court ordered the husband to pay alimony of $2,500 per month for one year, $1,500 per month for the next two years and $1,000 per month indefinitely thereafter. The…