Lalumiere v. Lalumiere

The parties were divorced by order of the Addison Superior Court after a contested hearing. Plaintiff husband appeals the trial court’s property division and award of rehabilitative maintenance to defendant, and argues that the trial court abused its discretion by failing to order defendant to pay child support. Defendant argues that the trial court erred by failing to award her attorney’s fees. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

The parties were married in 1977 and had two children. Over a period of many years defendant suffered from bipolar disease and from substance abuse. As a result…