Triola v. Triola

Thompson, Chief Justice.

In this divorce action, appellant Joseph Trióla (husband) was ordered to pay appellee Janet Trióla (wife) temporary alimony, and the final judgment, in part, ordered husband to pay wife an $18,000 arrearage owed under the temporary alimony award. We granted husband’s application for discretionary appeal to consider whether the award of temporary alimony, as well as the arrearage provision in the final decree, must be reversed because the first temporary alimony order was made by a judge who entered the award after the effective date of his resignation and the second…