Pinney v. Pinney

A careful review of the record and the trial judge’s opinion convinces me that there has been a clear abuse of discretion in granting alimony to plaintiff for a limited period of five years.

The record discloses that the plaintiff wife was 57 years of age and defendant husband was 53 years of age at the time this judgment of divorce was granted. The defendant had net income of over $64,000 in 1970 and plaintiff earned nothing; defendant’s annual net income has substantially increased each year and, in fact, over the last four *294years, his income has risen from $15,761 to $64,-236.

The trial court…