Rose v. Rose

In this postdivorce dispute over non-modifiable spousal-support language in a divorce judgment, plaintiff, Rebecca Ann Rose, appeals by leave granted a circuit court order relieving defendant, Wesley Allen Rose, Sr., from the judgment and reducing his spousal-support obligation. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

I. UNDERLYING PACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

The parties, who wed in 1983, entered into a consent divorce judgment in 2006. During the 22 years of the parties’ marriage, they acquired substantial wealth. The couple’s most valuable marital asset consisted of stock that defendant…