C.D.L. v. M.M.L.

In ordering the plaintiff (husband) to pay alimony to the defendant (wife) in the amount of $711.54 per week, a judge of the Probate and Family Court attributed income to the husband. The husband formerly had been a partner in a large Washington, D.C., law firm, but by the time of the divorce proceedings had withdrawn from the firm partnership, was no longer practicing law, and was unemployed. The judge attributed income to the husband in an amount sufficient to meet each of the parties’ “downsized” needs. Further, in determining the wife’s financial need for support, the judge declined to…