Brown v. Brown

DIXON, Judge.

Shelbie Brown appeals from the monetary portion of a dissolution of marriage judgment awarding his wife Debbie $8,000 maintenance in gross. Shelbie asserts that the maintenance in gross was erroneously adjudicated because there was no substantial evidence Debbie was unable to support herself, that the maintenance award is excessive, and that the maintenance award is contrary to public policy since Debbie had lived with and been supported by another man for about twenty-seven months prior to the dissolution.

Shelbie Brown and Debbie Brown were married for approximately six years.…