In re the Marriage of Bach

The majority affirms all issues except for recomputation of child support. I agree that child support must be recomputed. However, I do not agree that we should affirm the award of spousal support.

We review de novo, but that does not mean that we should decide the cases willy-nilly. It is true that many, if not most, dissolution cases are fact-specific. Attempts at close factual comparisons are usually of little use, given the almost *226endless variations in the factual matrix and the relative changing priority given to each fact from case to case. Nevertheless, some consistency is possible and…