GORDON v. GORDON

No. 125, September Term, 1994.

342 Md. 294 (1996)

SARA JENKINS GORDON v. JOEL SPENCER GORDON.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Reconsideration Denied May 31, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Case Liotta (Liotta, Dranitzke & Engel, on brief, Washington, DC), for appellant.

Patricia M. Weaver, Glenn M. Cooper (Paley, Rothman, Goldstein, Rosenberg & Cooper, Chartered, on brief), Bethesda, for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, KARWACKI, BELL and RAKER, JJ.


RAKER, Justice.

In this case, we are asked to interpret a separation agreement that provides for contractual spousal support. We are specifically asked to construe a clause of the agreement that terminates the husband's obligation to pay support if "the wife resides with any unrelated man without the benefit of marriage for a period continuing for beyond sixty (60) consecutive days." Based on our interpretation of the clause, we conclude that this language requires...

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