Damrich v. Damrich

The trial court awarded Lauren L. Dam-rich (“the wife”) rehabilitative alimony in the amount of $2,500 a month for two years and reserved the issue of periodic alimony. I believe that, given the facts of this cáse, the trial court abused its discretion by refusing to award the wife periodic alimony from the outset.

Rehabilitative alimony and periodic alimony serve two distinct purposes. Rehabilitative alimony is intended to provide support for a dependent spouse for a limit*883ed period of reeducation or retraining following a divorce so that the dependent spouse may gain skills to become…