Legal Opinion
Varner v. Varner
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 18, 1998No. E020602PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
McKINSTER, Acting P. J.
A former wife appeals from an order which modified her spousal support award by reducing the level of support, limiting it to one additional year, and terminating jurisdiction to make further modifications in it thereafter. Concluding that the trial court erred both in limiting support to one year and in terminating jurisdiction, we modify the order by striking those provisions and affirm it as modified.
Factual and Procedural Background
After living together for about two years, Kim Denise Varner and Stephen Varner were married in December of 1977. At that time,…
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