Grove v. Grove

The award of spousal support is inadequate and should not automatically terminate upon remarriage.

In the traditional marriage there was a division of labor between the parties wherein the husband served as breadwinner and the wife as homemaker. Because of the universality of that division and other reasons, courts historically viewed marriage as a relationship which by law established rights and duties of the parties. The wife was looked upon as a ward to whom the husband owed a duty of support. In turn the wife owed to the husband certain subservient duties including the recognition that he…