Van Arsdale v. Van Arsdale

This appeal raises the conshtuhonality of applying the durational limits of the Alimony Reform Act of 2011 (act), St. 2011, c. 124, to certain alimony agreements predating the act’s effective date. We conclude that the application of the act’s durational limits to certain alimony agreements that predate the act is not unconstitutionally retroactive because the statute does not attach “new legal consequences to events completed before its enactment.” Landgraf v. USI Film Prods., 511 U.S. 244, 270 (1994). We also conclude that the Probate and Family Court judge did not abuse her discretion when…