Rosario J. L. v. Josephine K. L.

In this appeal, we review an order of the Family Court increasing an award of alimony-

The parties were divorced in 1974 after twenty-five years of marriage. Thereafter, the Superior Court, by order dated April 9, 1975, required respondent-husband to pay petitioner-wife alimony in the amount of $15,000 per year. Jurisdiction to make such award has since been transferred to the Family Court by 60 Del.Laws, c. 297. See 13 Del.C. § 1504.

On December 6, 1979, petitioner filed a petition in the Family Court seeking an increase in alimony pursuant to 13 Del.C. § 1519(c) and, after hearing, the Court…