Carpenter v. Carpenter

GARY M. GAERTNER, Judge.

Appellant, Beverly Jo Carpenter (“wife”), appeals the judgment entered by the Circuit Court of the County of St. Louis dissolving her marriage to respondent, Kenneth M. Carpenter (“husband”), and awarding him spousal maintenance. We affirm the dissolution and reverse the award of maintenance.

The parties were married on March 19, 1983, in St. Louis.1 At the time, both husband and wife were employed. Prior to the marriage, husband suffered a back injury which, according to husband, had prevented him from working for three years. Immediately after their marriage, the…