![]() The parties had several telephone-equipped automobiles. The couple owned a home in Baltimore County, which appellant had recently sold for $484,000. ![]() Appellant's net worth is estimated at $15,000,000, including $7,000,000 from a July 1992 trust distribution. According to an expense sheet filed with the master, appellant had an income of $43,000 per month and expenses totalling $28,308. Appellant testified that she receives income from trusts and investments. For the year 1990, the couple reported an adjusted gross income of $548,572. The income was generated by trusts established by appellant's late father. The parties reported an income in excess of $500,000 on the last joint tax return they filed in 1991. Appellant worked for one week in a health restaurant approximately ten years ago. In 1989 appellee began training as a pro bono family mediator for the Baltimore County Divorce Mediation Project. Appellee also had some training in family mediation, having received a training certificate in this field after studying at the Lemmon Institute in San Francisco and continued with advanced training courses in Maryland. Essentially, appellee managed appellant's money, to the extent that the trust arrangements made by her deceased father did not already provide for such management. He claimed that he handled all the finances wrote checks managed investment relations "was liaison" with lawyers, trustees, and banks and was responsible for the maintenance and negotiated the purchase of the residence recently sold by appellant. He also testified that, during the course of the marriage, he worked on the couple's personal finances and that essentially he was a homemaker. Appellee testified that he kept extensive records of investment trends. In 1983 appellee studied securities management for one year at the Advest Company. Neither party was formally employed during the course of the marriage. Appellee received a Masters degree in Social Relations (Sociology) from Johns Hopkins University in 1983. Appellee was last employed from 1970 to 1973 as an administrator for a university study, a position for which he received graduate credits. In 1971 appellee began graduate school at Johns Hopkins University, where he met appellant. Military Intelligence School at Fort Holabird. Thereafter, appellee returned to the United States to teach at the U.S. Army Intelligence from 1965 to 1968, thirteen months of which he was in Viet Nam. ![]() Prior to the marriage, appellee earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and East Asian Studies. No children were born during the course of the marriage. The parties were married on Octothey separated on May 2, 1990. Whether the trial court erred in not dismissing exceptions as vague and inadequate. Whether, by reason of the proposed educational program and the demonstrated likelihood it would increase appellee's earning capacity, the trial court erred in granting an award of alimony pendente lite based, in part, on projected educational expenses that must be shown to increase earning capacity of dependent spouse. Whether the trial court erred in considering educational expenses when calculating an award of temporary alimony. The trial court denied the motion, and appellant noted a timely appeal, in which she presents the following issues for our review: On August 21, appellant filed a motion to Alter or Amend the trial court's Augorder. Judgment in accordance with that opinion was entered on August 11, 1992. The trial court granted appellee's request for a hearing.Īfter conducting a hearing on the exceptions, the court issued a written opinion awarding appellee temporary alimony in the amount of $8,000 per month. On appellee filed exceptions to the written report and recommendation of the master, and on Jhe submitted a memorandum in support of the exceptions and requested a hearing. After the presentation of testimony and evidence by both parties, the master issued a report in which he recommended an award of temporary alimony to appellee of $4,500 per month and $5,000 in counsel fees. ![]() On Februappellee requested and was granted a master's hearing on his request for temporary alimony and attorney's fees. On Septemappellee filed a counter-complaint for limited divorce. James (appellant) filed a complaint for absolute divorce against Jon L. This appeal is from a pendente lite alimony order from the Circuit Court for Baltimore County (Kahl, J.). Michael Lawlor, on the brief), Towson, for appellee.Īrgued before GARRITY, DAVIS and HARRELL, JJ. Christianson and Adelberg, Rudow, Dorf, Hendler & Sameth, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellant.
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