SKELTON v. SKELTON


490 A.2d 1204 (1985)

William SKELTON v. Dorothy SKELTON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided April 12, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Leonard (orally), George M. Carlton, Jr., Bath, for plaintiff.

Joseph Field (orally), Brunswick, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN and SCOLNIK, JJ.


SCOLNIK, Justice.

This is an appeal by William Skelton from an award of alimony to his former wife, Dorothy, following their second divorce from each other. He contends that, in fashioning the award, the District Court erred by taking into account the full eighteen-year span of their relationship, including the nine years of the first marriage and the succeeding six years during which they lived together before marrying again. Although her circumstances during that...

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