In Re the Marriage of Hughes

Mr. Hughes appeals from an Order of Clarification issued by the District Court for the Ninth Judicial District, Glacier County, following a judgment entered in the parties’ divorce proceedings before that court. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

The issue presented for our review is whether the District Court erred in granting Mrs. Hughes permanent maintenance in its Order for Clarification.

The parties had been married for 25 years when they separated in April of 1982. The marriage was dissolved in 1986. Three children were born of the marriage, all of whom were emancipated at the…