In re the Marriage of Gable

Husband appeals a judgment of dissolution, including a challenge to a pendente lite order. The trial court, inter alia, awarded wife $1,000 per month spousal support for five years and $500 per month for 15 years thereafter; husband was also ordered to pay wife $6,775 as arrearages on the pendente lite order. The amount of spousal support is in issue.

The parties were married for almost 23 years and have two children, one of whom is a minor. Wife has custody of the minor child. She received her nursing degree shortly after the marriage and worked full-time the first five years of the marriage…