Stuart M. Bergman v. Janice L. Bergman

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• concluding that term ‘‘ ‘shall cease’ ’’ in divorce settlement agreement clearly and unambiguously meant that alimony would ‘‘end perma- nently’’ and not be ‘‘temporarily suspend[ed]’’ upon cohabitation, particularly given its linkage to death and remarriage
• recognizing that, as “the length of time that a person lives at a particular location is but one factor that governs whether [a] person ‘resides’ at a location” a court must “look to the circumstances of each case to determine whether one person ‘resides with’ another”
• interpreting settlement agreements as any other contracts, including the enforcement of provisions terminating alimony upon cohabitation
• interpreting settlement agreements as any other contracts, including the enforcement of provisions terminating alimony upon cohabitation
• “whether a writing is ambiguous is a matter of law, not fact . . . [t]hus we are not bound by the trial court’s conclusions”

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