A party who fails to raise at trial the contention that the other party's parents constitute a 'financial resource' cannot complain on appeal that the primary judge failed to take that matter into account. The concept of 'financial resource' requires a reasonable expectation that support will be forthcoming, not merely evidence of past generosity. Complaints about the weight given to particular considerations in a discretionary property settlement decision do not reveal appellable error.
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