Balistreri v. Balistreri

*515The alimony reform act defines "length of the marriage" as the "number of months from the date of legal marriage to the date of service of a complaint or petition for divorce or separate support." G. L. c. 208, § 48, inserted by St. 2011, c. 124, § 3. At issue is how to apply this language where there are multiple support complaints (none resulting in a spousal support judgment), a predivorce complaint for modification that led to a *516spousal support judgment, a divorce complaint that did not lead to judgment, and a divorce complaint upon which judgment entered awarding alimony. We hold that,…