Legal Opinion

Belsky v. Belsky

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided February 27, 1980PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The effect of the judgment from which the wife appeals leaves her with approximately $400,000 in assets, and an award of alimony which, together with her own earnings and income, amounts to $30,000 a year, the sum which the judge found was needed to maintain a standard of living comparable to the one she enjoyed during her marriage. We affirm the judgment.

1. The wife claims the judge failed to give adequate weight to her contribution as a homemaker in making an award by which the husband ended the marriage with more than three times the assets retained by the wife. A review of the evidence…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Rice v. RiceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
  2. Putnam v. PutnamMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1977
  3. King v. KingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
  4. Thayer Co. v. BinnallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
  5. Zildjian v. ZildjianMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1979

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Davidson v. DavidsonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1985
  2. Grubert v. GrubertMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1985
  3. Robbins v. RobbinsMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1983
  4. Caldwell v. CaldwellMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1984
  5. Kirtz v. KirtzMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1981

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