Anand B. Patel, Appellant-Respondent v. Nalini Raja Patel, Respondent-Appellant

Summary

The court affirmed the family court’s judgment as modified, upholding the refusal to recuse, custody of the two younger children to Wife, permanent periodic alimony of $1,500 per month, and monthly child support of $1,150. It modified the judgment to award Wife $91,500 in retroactive alimony plus interest and $8,773.38 in litigation expenses, and required Husband to bear transportation costs for visitation. The court applied abuse-of-discretion review to the family court’s discretionary domestic-relations determinations and found no reversible error. There were no separate opinions.