Alimony Award Cases

Cases Where Judges Agreed That Indefinite Alimony Should Be Awarded

This table summarizes the key factors used by the Maryland Appeals Court to decide some Indefinite Alimony Awards cases (which are very rare). Remember that every case is individual. However, this will give you some idea of the range of decisions a court might make upon appeal. This chart was developed by Ann M. Turnbull, Esq., an attorney in Towson, Maryland who has taught other attorneys how to handle alimony cases.

Name of Case	Age of Economically Dependent Spouse	Length of Marriage	Spouse with Higher Earned Income	Spouse with Lower Earned Income	The lower income is ___% of the higher income
Harbom v. Harbom, 134 Md. App. 430 (2000)	41	10 years	$100,000	$37,000	37%
Ware v. Ware, 131 Md. App. 207 (2000)		4 years	$432,912	$109,600	25%
Tracey v. Tracey, 328 Md. 380 (1992)	49	26 years	$61,000	$17,000	28%
Digges v. Digges, 126 Md. App. 361 (1999)		26 years	$100,000+	$30,100	30%
Caldwell v. Caldwell, 103 Md. App. 452 (1995) cert. denied, 339 Md. 166 (1995)		27 years	$70,000	$31,000	43%
Blaine v. Blaine, 97 Md. App. 689 (1993)		18 years	$136,750	$31,080	23%
Broseus v. Broseus, 82 Md. App. 183 (1990)	43	16 years	$56,411	$19,674	35%
Bricker v. Bricker, 78 Md. App. 570 (1989)	50	25 years	$26,900	$9,450	35%
Kennedy v. Kennedy, 59 Md. App. 299 (1983)		22 years	$46,850	$15,700	34%
Rock v. Rock, 86 Md. App. 598 (1991)	33	6 years	$138,546	$30,000	21.7%
Innerbichler v. Innerbichler, 131 Md. App. 486,cert. denied, 361 Md. 231 (2000)	48	14 years	$650,000	$26-65,000	10% or less
Crabill v. Crabill, 119 Md. App. 249 (1998)	49	18 years	$51,400	$36,264	70%
Rosenberg v. Rosenberg, 64 Md. App. 487 (1985)		31 years	$850,000	not determined
Zorich v. Zorich, 63 Md. App. 710 (1985)	52	30 years	$50,000	$10,000	20%
Blake v. Blake, 81 Md. App. 712 (1990)	57	36 years	$42,000	$20,000	47%
Coviello v. Coviello, 91 Md. App. 638 (1992)		10 years	$70,000	$0.00	0%
Caccamise v. Caccamise, 130 Md. App. 505 (2000), cert. denied, 359 Md. 29 (2000)	51	17 years	$90,000	$39,000	43%

Source: Maryland Legal Assistance Network (MLAN)

Last legal update 5/01 (MLAN/AC)