Hornung v. Hornung

The defendant, Robert Hornung, appeals 1 from the judgment of the trial court setting forth financial orders incident to the dissolution of his marriage to the plaintiff, Marjorie Hornung. In those orders, the trial court directed the defendant to pay to the plaintiff, inter alia, lump sum alimony in the amount of $7.5 million and attorney's fees in the amount of $140,000. On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court: (1) improperly rendered a lump sum alimony award that constitutes a property distribution in violation of the parties' prenuptial agreement (agreement); and (2) abused…