Pacetti v. Pacetti

This is an appeal to review an award of alimony by the trial court two years after the divorce where the divorce decree made no specific provision for alimony.

After twenty years of marriage the appellant, William A. Pacetti, a medical doctor, obtained a divorce from his wife, Rosa Pacetti, a default having been previously entered against her. She was not represented by counsel nor did she appear at the final hearing which was held while she was out of town. The court awarded custody of the four minor children to Rosa Pacetti.

The trial court in its final judgment directed William A. Pacetti to…