Perret v. Saacks

LOBRANO, Judge.

Sandra Perret Saacks (Perret) appeals a judgment awarding her alimony pendente lite retroactively to the date she filed a motion to reset a rule rather than to the date of filing the original rule. This court must decide whether the trial court erred in finding good cause for making the award on a limited retroactive basis.

Perret and Jay Henry Saacks (Saacks) were married on January 21, 1969. Perret filed a Petition for Separation on May 22, 1989 wherein she requested alimony pen-dente lite.

Following an unsuccessful attempt at reconciliation in June 1989, Perret filed a First…