Donald R.R. v. Barbara S.R.

In this appeal from Family Court of ancillary matters following divorce, respondent-husband contests the Court’s award of alimony to petitioner-wife based on application of the partnership equalization of income concept; its award of permanent alimony under 13 Del.C. § 1518(h) [since repealed]; and its purported marital property division award to wife of a future interest in husband’s pension plan not yet “vested”.

Wife’s petition for divorce on grounds of incompatibility following a marriage of over 20 years was filed in June, 1979. As of that date, a petitioner’s right to alimony was…