Cook v. Cook

MARVIN, Judge.

The wife appeals, seeking to increase the award of alimony pendente lite. The trial court awarded $250 per month beginning September 15, 1985, to be increased by $50 each month thereafter until the maximum monthly payment reached $500, declining to make the award effective from the date the separation action was instituted.

The wife complains the award is legally insufficient and should have been assessed from the date of judicial demand. CC Art. 148, LRS 9:310. We amend to increase the award and affirm the amended judgment.

FACTS

The litigants had been married for about 3½ years…