Matter of Marriage of Winningstad

Wife appeals an order terminating her spousal support. On de novo review, we reverse.

The marriage was dissolved in 1983. The property settlement agreement was drafted by husband’s attorney. Wife signed it without the advice of counsel; it was expressly incorporated in the dissolution judgment, which awarded physical custody of the couple’s child to husband and divided the marital property. It also provided that husband would pay $826 per month spousal support for a period of 10 years and that the support obligation would terminate earlier if wife were to remarry or “enter into a relationship…