In re the Marriage of Eidlin

Husband appeals from a post-dissolution judgment that increased the amount of his spousal support obligation to wife and increased its duration from five years to an indefinite period. We modify the judgment to decrease the duration of that obligation to seven years and otherwise affirm.

On September 2, 1993, when their stipulated judgment of marital dissolution was entered, the parties were both 47 years old and had been married for 21 years. They have three children who were then ages 19, 16 and 13. The parties agreed to joint custody of the two younger children, who reside primarily with…