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Applicant awarded $129,698 in prejudgment interest and $670,000 in costs following successful spousal support trial.
Following a trial where the applicant was awarded $3 million in lump-sum spousal support, the court determined the applicant's entitlement to prejudgment interest and costs.
The court awarded $129,698 in prejudgment interest, finding no reason to exercise its discretion to disallow it.
The court also awarded the applicant $670,000 in costs, noting she was entirely successful on the primary issue of spousal support and had made a qualifying offer to settle that entitled her to full recovery of costs from the date of the offer.
Common-law spouse awarded $3 million lump-sum non-compensatory support.
The applicant sought spousal support, unjust enrichment relief, and a mutual no-contact order arising from a disputed common-law relationship with an extremely wealthy respondent.
The court found the parties cohabited in a conjugal relationship from January 1, 2019 to August 23, 2023, applying the Molodowich factors holistically and relying heavily on contemporaneous records, caregiving evidence, and surreptitious recordings admitted for their high probative value.
The applicant failed to establish compensatory entitlement, but succeeded on a non-compensatory basis because of the enormous income disparity, her disability, and the steep post-separation drop from a highly luxurious standard of living.
The court imputed support income to the respondent using investible assets, fixed support at approximately $200,000 monthly for three years, and converted that award into a $3,000,000 lump sum.
The unjust enrichment claim and request for a restraining order were dismissed.
