The supreme Court of Cassation on
Tuesday rejected an appeal by Silvio Berlusconi against the
two-million-euro monthly alimony payment he has to make to his
estranged wife Veronica Lario. The ex-premier's appeal came
after the top court recently scrapped previous living standards
as the key parameter for setting divorce alimony payments and
instead said that future "self-sufficiency" should be the
guiding principle. In Tuesday's ruling, however, it said, this
does not apply during separation, when the duty to maintain the
previous living standard remains.
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