The parties separated after a 17-year marriage.
The applicant wife sought spousal support, a right of first refusal to purchase the matrimonial home, and damages for intimate partner violence-related torts including intentional infliction of emotional distress and assault and battery.
The respondent husband sought the sale of the matrimonial home, occupation rent, and the dismissal of the spousal support and tort claims.
The court granted the divorce, ordered the sale of the matrimonial home, and awarded the wife compensatory and needs-based spousal support for 11 years.
The court dismissed the husband's claim for occupation rent.
Finding that the husband engaged in a pattern of gaslighting and physical battery, the court awarded the wife $150,000 in general and aggravated damages and $10,000 in punitive damages.
