William Harding Perreault v. Sylvia Ann Perreault

Summary

The Supreme Court of Rhode Island vacated the requirement that the husband maintain his adult children as contingent life-insurance beneficiaries because the record lacked findings supporting continued child-related protection under the governing statute. It affirmed the equitable award of the marital domicile, the open-ended alimony award, and the partial attorney-fee award because the trial justice properly considered the relevant statutory factors and did not abuse his discretion. The case was remanded for entry of judgment consistent with those rulings.