Marriage of Davis CA2/6

Background For over 30 years, husband was married to his first wife, Nancy Davis. They separated in 2006, and their marriage was dissolved in the spring of 2008. Husband married wife in September 2008. They separated 20 months later. They did not have any children. On May 7, 2010, wife filed a petition for dissolution of the marriage. The trial court ordered husband to pay wife temporary spousal support of $10,000 per month, retroactive to May 20, 2010. In March 2011 the trial court issued an order to show cause why husband should not be held in contempt. The grounds for the contempt proceeding were that, in violation of previous court orders, husband had not made spousal support payments of $83,548 and had not paid wife's attorney fees of $45,000. In February 2012 all of the issues in the contempt proceeding were settled by husband's conveyance to wife of residential property in Kentucky. The property was appraised at $325,000. The court found that wife had received "improved real property in Kentucky that has no debt and that she is listing for sale at $325,00." At the time of trial in April 2012, wife was 41 years old and husband was 69 years old. After the trial, the…