Rosenberg v. Rosenberg

Neither member of the divorcing couple disputes that their capital assets were apportioned lawfully pursuant to G. L. c. 208, § 34. On his appeal, the only issue which the husband presses is that the probate judge erred in awarding the wife alimony of $2,000 per week when her needs could be met with income from the $4,000,000 cash component of the capital assets allocated to her by the divorce judgment.1 The answer to that point may be King Lear’s cry, “O, reason not the need!” Shakespeare, King Lear, Act II, sc. 2.

*904In support of his contention that the wife does not “need” alimony, and,…