Bisig v. Bisig

The issue in this appeal is whether cohabitation by a former spouse is a ground for relieving the other former spouse of his or her obligation to pay alimony. We hold that cohabitation is not a ground, in and of itself, for suspending or reducing the obligation to pay alimony.

The parties were divorced by decree of the superior court in June 1981. The decree provided that the defendant, Richard W. Bisig, was to pay the plaintiff, Joanne M. Bisig, alimony in the sum of $1,500 per month until she died or remarried. In April 1982, the defendant moved to suspend alimony on the basis that the…