Pace v. Pace

This is another marital dissolution case in which the wife complains of the award of lump sum alimony and rehabilitative alimony.

The marriage had an eighteen year duration in which the wife was primarily a housekeeper and mother of two children with no appreciative skills. The marital home is to be sold and over half of the net proceeds are to be used to liquidate debts that were largely incurred for ventures not connected with the home. The balance of the proceeds were awarded as lump sum alimony1 and the wife was awarded $100.00 a week as rehabilitative alimony. The court fixed an amount of…