Legal Opinion

Oesterle v. Oesterle

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided October 9, 1990No. 57281PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KAROHL, Judge.

Husband appeals July 1989 temporary maintenance order and attorney’s fees award in wife’s favor. The trial court awarded wife $1,000 per month temporary maintenance and $2,000 attorney’s fees. On appeal husband asserts the awards are excessive under §§ 452.315 and 452.335 RSMo 1986 because of wife’s ability to support herself and the maintenance award *641is 80% of husband’s net income. We affirm.

The parties married on November 10, 1979. They separated in October 1988 when husband moved out. Wife petitioned for divorce and husband subsequently cross-petitioned. The couple had no…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Murphy v. CarronSupreme Court of Missouri · 1976
  2. Thummel v. KingSupreme Court of Missouri · 1978
  3. MacKey v. MacKey and Associates, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1984
  4. Breitman v. BreitmanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1982

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Camden v. CamdenMissouri Court of Appeals · 1992
  2. Hoskins v. HoskinsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1992

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