Marriage of Stich v. Stich

AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

Godfrey N. Stich obtained further review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals affirming the trial court’s award of $200 per month as permanent spousal maintenance and $500 as attorney fees to Lois Stich.

We have stated on numerous occasions that the standard of review on appeal from a trial court’s determination of maintenance is whether that court abused the broad discretion accorded it. E.g., Erlandson v. Erlandson, 318 N.W.2d 36, 38 (Minn.1982). Effective appellate review of the exercise of that discretion is possible only when the trial court has issued…