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• Title: Marriage Gerald Poindexter v. Ruth
• Author : Supreme Court of Wisconsin
• Release Date : January 11, 1988
• Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 72 KB

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Petitioner Dr. Gerald Poindexter (Dr. Poindexter) seeks review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals that affirms,
in part, an order entered by the circuit court for Milwaukee county, Judge Patricia S. Curley, setting maintenance at a fixed
percentage of his income. Additionally, Dr. Poindexter seeks review of that portion of the court of appeals' decision which
reverses the circuit court's computation of his income available to satisfy the maintenance obligation. Our review focuses on whether it is an abuse of discretion to order Dr. Poindexter, in the face of changed circumstances,
to provide maintenance to his former spouse based on a percentage of his monthly income rather than on a fixed sum. In contrast
to the child support statute, which expressly provides for a percentage award, the maintenance statute neither expressly prohibits
nor permits such an award. We conclude that under very unusual circumstances such as those presented here, where a party has
an ability to effect significant changes in assets and income available for maintenance and has done so on several occasions
over a period of time, a percentage maintenance award is within a circuit court's discretion.

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