Vyfvinkel v. Vyfvinkel

Frederick J.C. Vyfvinkel appeals from an order finding that he was not entitled to a cumulative annual inflation adjustment to his alimony payment based on the language of the contractual stipulation entered between the parties and adopted in the court’s final judgment. The parties’ agreement provided that:

Alimony shall continue at $4,000.00 per month to be increased only annually beginning January, 2012, at the rate of the “Consumer Price Index” (“CPI”) as such CPI is published from time to time by the U.S. Government. The parties shall utilize the CPI rate as reflected in the last published…