HOLMES v. HOLMES

SJC-11538

467 Mass. 653 (2014)

6 N.E.3d 1062

ELAINE M. HOLMES v. KENNETH E. HOLMES.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

April 2, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Sanford Durland, III , for the defendant.

James M. Walsh for the plaintiff.

Present: IRELAND, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, GANTS, DUFFLY, & LENK, JJ.


GANTS, J.

Under the Alimony Reform Act of 2011, St. 2011, c. 124 (reform act), "[i]f the length of the marriage is [twenty] years or less, but more than [fifteen] years, general term alimony shall continue for not more than [eighty] per cent of the number of months of the marriage" unless the judge makes a written finding that deviation beyond this time limit is required in the interest of justice. G. L. c. 208, § 49 (b) (4). The issue presented in this...

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