Paynton v. Paynton

KAROHL, Judge.

Jan Paynton (Husband) appeals from a judgment denying his motion to modify a decree of dissolution. We affirm.

The court dissolved the parties’ thirty-year marriage on February 23,1989. Prior to the dissolution, Husband and his wife, Joyce Paynton (Wife) entered into a separation agreement. The agreement provided maintenance to Wife. The portions in dispute relating to Wife’s maintenance are as follows:

C. MAINTENANCE

[Husband] shall pay to [Wife] the sum of Thirty One Thousand Two Hundred Dollars a year for the next seven (7) years. After that, [Husband] shall pay $20,000.00 per…