Kohut v. Kohut

Defendant-husband appeals a final order of the Chittenden Family Court challenging, among other things, the maintenance award to plaintiff-wife. We affirm.

The parties were married for thirteen years and had three children before they legally separated in 1991. The couple lived in a $400,000 home and owned two expensive cars and a luxury boat. Both agree, however, that they lived beyond their means. The home was sold to pay the marital debts, and the remaining proceeds of $7,087 were put in escrow awaiting the final disposition of marital property.

The court found that defendant had an earning…