Estes v. Estes

This is an appeal from a dissolution action. Appellant, the wife, claims the trial court erred in granting her an insufficient award of maintenance, and in extending maintenance only for a limited period.

The judgment is affirmed, as modified.

The parties separated in June of 1987, following thirteen years of marriage. The couple had married relatively late in life, and it was the second marriage for them both. At the time of trial, appellant was 60 years old; the respondent husband was 67.

Prior to trial, the parties agreed upon a division of property. Pursuant to this agreement, appellant…