Tremaine v. Tremaine

This is an appeal by the defendant who was ordered on February 14, 1992, to pay lump sum alimony of $350,000 and periodic alimony of $1000 per week until June 1, 1995, retroactive to June 1, 1990, to the plaintiff. The defendant claims that the trial court (1) was precluded from ordering the payment of lump sum alimony by the parties’ separation agreement dated December 2,1987, which was incorporated into the dissolution judgment dated February 5,1988, (2) improperly excluded the testimony of the plaintiff’s former attorney on the basis of the attorney-client privilege, and (3) improperly…