Francis v. Francis

AHRENS, Judge.

In this dissolution case, husband appeals from the trial court’s judgment awarding wife retroactive maintenance pendente lite, and permanent maintenance. We affirm.

Husband and wife were married December 21, 1957. On September 20, 1989, the couple separated. Husband took one-half of the couple’s $34,000 savings, and paid wife $150 per week support from the separation date until April 1990.

Husband filed a petition for dissolution on February 26, 1990. On May 25, 1990, wife filed a motion for temporary maintenance. Following a hearing on September 13, 1990, the trial court granted…