(Download) "Marriage David John Gales v. Michelle" by Court of Appeals of North Carolina * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Marriage David John Gales v. Michelle
- Author : Court of Appeals of North Carolina
- Release Date : January 19, 1996
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 67 KB
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Upon dissolution of the eleven-year, childless marriage between appellant David John Gales and respondent Michelle Lynne Pederson, formerly Michelle Lynne Gales, the district court ordered Gales to pay permanent maintenance of $350 per month. Gales appealed the permanent maintenance award to the Minnesota Court of Appeals, which affirmed the award. The court of appeals held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in awarding permanent maintenance because the district court "carefully and properly analyzed each statutory factor" in the maintenance statute, Minn. Stat. ? 518.552 (1994). We reverse and hold that the district court abused its discretion in awarding permanent maintenance, and that under the facts and circumstances of this case, an award of rehabilitative maintenance of no longer than five years is appropriate.