FINCH v. FINCH

Nos. 11460 and 11475.

378 A.2d 1092 (1977)

Charles Clifford FINCH, Appellant, v. Sara Lee FINCH, Appellee. Sara Lee FINCH, Appellant, v. Charles Clifford FINCH, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 6, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Slater Clarke, Washington, D.C., with whom Robert W. Rifkin, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant in No. 11460 and for appellee in No. 11475.

Patricia J. Barry, Washington, D.C., for appellee in No. 11460 and for appellant in No. 11475. Sara Deane (Finch) filed a brief pro se.

Margaret Gates and Lea Giarrusso filed a brief on behalf of the Women's Equity Action League Educational and Legal Defense Fund as amicus curiae.

Before KELLY and NEBEKER, Associate Judges, and PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired.


PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired:

By an Order and Judgment entered in the Family Division of the Superior Court, Sara Lee Finch (the wife) was awarded an absolute divorce from Charles Clifford Finch (the husband). Challenging provisions of the Order that affected adversely their respective interests, both parties appealed.

In pertinent part, the Order (1) required the husband to pay the wife, as alimony, $338.00 monthly; (2) denied the wife a share of the husband...

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