People of Guam v. Emmanuel Manny Reselap

How courts have described this case

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• rejecting claim that retirement triggers termination of alimony obligation without showing of material change in circumstances, because “no such provision was included within the separation agreement”
• affirming sixty-two percent reduction in alimony where payor's ability to maintain lifestyle after retiring was made possible, in part, by his current spouse's financial contributions
• “[E]very modification judgment requires findings of fact, conclusions of law, and the exercise of discretion”
• “A judge ... is not obligated to use a party’s potential earning capacity as the measure of the party’s ability to pay”
• where language of separation agreement is “not so clear and unequivocal as to permit the judge” to determine intent of parties, parol evidence is admissible to explain parties’ intent
• “If a supporting spouse has the ability to pay, the recipient spouse’s need for support is generally the amount needed to allow that spouse to maintain the lifestyle he or she enjoyed prior to termination of the marriage”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).