Reese v. Reese

GARRISON, Judge.

This is an appeal by Billy Gene Reese (Husband) from a judgment entered on his motion to modify a maintenance award in favor of his former spouse, Joyeane Arlene Reese (Wife).

When the parties’ marriage was dissolved in November 1988, Wife was awarded maintenance in the amount of $850 per month. At that time, Husband was an independent insurance agent and part-time pastor with a gross income of over $36,000 per year, while Wife was unemployed other than working in the family business, for which she received no direct income. Husband’s gross income increased in 1989 to $49,466,…