Massachusetts Appeals Court May 15, 2003, No. 01-P-548 (Saia v. Saia)

Green, J.

On appeal from a judgment of divorce nisi, the husband challenges the portion of the judgment ordering him to pay, as alimony, an amount equal to twenty-five percent of the monthly disability retirement payments he receives. The husband contends that the judge impermissibly based the alimony award on expenses incurred by the wife to support the couple’s two adult children.