Patel v. Patel

Acting Justice MACAULAY:

This is a domestic relations case. Both parties appeal. We affirm as modified.

FACTS

This domestic relations dispute has continued for more than eight years without resolution. Anand B. Patel (Husband) and Nalini Raja Patel (Wife) were married on July 7, 1980. Three children were born of the marriage. The parties’ oldest son, is seventeen. The parties’ only daughter, is thirteen. The parties’ youngest son, is eleven.

Husband sued Wife for divorce in December 1995. On October 23, 1997, the family court issued the final divorce decree. The family court ruled that neither…