Atkinson v. Atkinson

KERN, Senior Judge:

The parties to this appeal were married in September 1971, and appellant wife left the marital abode in October 1997. She filed a complaint for spousal support in December 1997, pursuant to D.C.Code § 16-916(a) (1997), which provides in pertinent part that “[w]henever a husband ... shall fail or refuse to maintain his ... *668needy spouse, ... although able to do so, the court, upon proper application and upon a showing of genuine need of a spouse, may decree, pendente lite and permanently, that such husband ... shall pay reasonable sums periodically for the support of such…