Marriage of Beck v. Kaplan

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

Samuel Louis Kaplan appeals from the court of appeals’ decision affirming the district court’s order modifying the permanent maintenance award to his former spouse, Maureen Carole Beck, and awarding Beck a portion of her attorney fees. The district court increased Beck’s maintenance from $1,800 to $4,000 per month, added an automatic cost-of-living adjustment clause, and awarded attorney fees in the amount of $53,-000. The court based its decision to modify maintenance on a substantial change in circumstances which rendered the original decree unreasonable and unfair.…