Lourie v. Lourie
Annotate this CaseHusband Walter Lourie argued the family division of the superior court: (1) failed to consider the relevant statutory factors before incorporating the parties’ pretrial separation agreement into the divorce order; (2) erroneously awarded wife Sharlee Lourie an arrears judgment based on their agreement even though the agreement had not been submitted to the court or incorporated into a temporary order prior to the final divorce hearing; and (3) abused its discretion by awarding wife the bulk of the marital estate in addition to a substantial maintenance award. After review of the specific facts of this case, the Vermont Supreme Court affirmed the divorce decree, but reversed with regard to the maintenance award, property division and judgment of arrears.The matter was remanded for further proceedings.
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